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

Quote by Jane Austen

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Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

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.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

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,...

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.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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

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

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

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...

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...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

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

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

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.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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.

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...

Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime.

Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime.

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its...

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why...