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Jane Austen Quotes

«It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?»
«One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other»
Author: Jane Austen (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: One half, pleasures
«Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.»
«An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.»
«All the privilege I claim for my own sex . . . is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone.»
«Nobody minds having what is too good for them.»
«I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.»
Author: Jane Austen (Novelist, Writer) | About: People | Keywords: agreeable, liking, saves
«In his company, I am grieved to the soul by a thousand tender recollections.»
«Everything united in her; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world and a warm heart»
Author: Jane Austen (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: correct, united, warm
«A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.»
Author: Jane Austen (Novelist, Writer) | About: Income | Keywords: heard, income, incomes, large, recipe, recipes

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