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

Quote by Jane Austen

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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...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

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...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

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...

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...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

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...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

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.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

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...

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

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

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

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...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

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.