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He may live in my memory as the most amiable man of my acquaintance.

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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?

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And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

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A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young lady once did. But I have an aunt too, who must not be longer neglected.

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[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion, and not often any resemblance of subject, for Mrs. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children, and Mrs. Allen of her gowns.

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Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.

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I use the verb 'to torment,' as I observed to be your own method, instead of 'to instruct,' supposing them to be now admitted as synonymous.

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On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.

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I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call it so?" "Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything. Originally perhaps it was applied only to express neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement—people were nice in their dress, in their sentiments, or their choice. But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.

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I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

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I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.

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The stream is as good as at first; the little rubbish it collects in the turnings is easily moved away.

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Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.

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that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

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It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind.

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The world may know my words, but it has no such privileges with my heart

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

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A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

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