If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.

Jane Austen

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There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

Jane Austen

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Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

Jane Austen

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Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

Jane Austen

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That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

Jane Austen

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I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Jane Austen

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Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who had made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.

Jane Austen


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You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

Jane Austen

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A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.

Jane Austen


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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

Jane Austen

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