. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen...

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen...

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.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

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.

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.

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer...