Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...