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Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

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It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

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A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.

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“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”

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At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.

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What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?

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You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

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Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.

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A natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

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I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.

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She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.

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To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.

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I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere. I thank you again and again for the honour you have done me in your proposals, but to accept them is absolutely impossible. My feelings in every respect forbid it. Can I speak plainer? Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

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Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

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The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.

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Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.

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I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.

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if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.

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If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out." -Elizabeth

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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

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