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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

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If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.

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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.

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There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.

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A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.

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Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard.

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Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

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Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world.

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Teach us almighty father, to consider this solemn truth, as we should do, that we may feel the importance of every day, and every hour as it passes.

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It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.

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Obstinate, headstrong girl!

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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow.

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Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.

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And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

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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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to hope was to expect

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It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Every body allows that the talent of writing is particularly female. Nature might have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal.

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