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Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing - fortifying and bracing - seemingly just as was wanted - sometimes one, sometimes the other. If the sea breeze failed, the seabath was the certain corrective; and where bathing disagreed, the sea air alone was evidently designed by nature for the cure.

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for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.

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I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

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It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable.

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Beware how you give your heart.

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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

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It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.

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“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

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You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.

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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

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

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If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?

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But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.

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How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

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No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

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there is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. ... it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves.

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Know your own happiness.

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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.

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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.

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I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.

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