It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does.
And men take care that they should.
One can never have too large a party.
Jane AustenAnd have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.
Jane AustenIs not poetry the food of love?
Jane AustenI do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men."
"Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Jane AustenIf I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
Jane AustenMen have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
Jane AustenNothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
Jane AustenThere are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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