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

Quote by Jane Austen

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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...

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

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

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

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...

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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 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.

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,...

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.

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

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.

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

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...

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

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...

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might...

Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might...