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

Quote by Jane Austen

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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

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...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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 a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...