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

Quote by Jane Austen

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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...

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or...

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

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...

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

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...

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

A brother is a friend given by Nature.

A brother is a friend given by Nature.

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now lets go hand in...

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now lets go hand in...