How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! Author: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “We neither of us perform to strangers.” “Que nadie presuma de saber traducir los sentimientos de una mujer joven al obte…” “She did not really like her. She would not be in a hurry to find fault, but she…” “It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to un…”