How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “The Longbourn party were the last of all the company to depart, and, by a manoe…” “Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a r…” “He looks miserable poor soul!” “She had reached the age of seventeen, without having seen one amiable youth who…”