I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man's being in love if he chose it.

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I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.

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She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Jane Austen

Mots clés romance

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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Jane Austen

Mots clés forgiveness elizabeth-bennet pride injury mortification

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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

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A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.

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but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

Jane Austen

Mots clés books catherine or-the-bower

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It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.

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Mots clés flattery

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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love

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A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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