. . . 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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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.

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

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

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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,...

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.

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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

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

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

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

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

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

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...

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

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...

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...