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A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.

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There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

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Lady Sondes' match surprises, but does not offend me; had her first marriage been of affection, or had their been a grown-updaughter, I should not have forgiven her; but I consider everybody as having a right to marry once in their lives for love, if they can.

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Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.

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You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage in walking;— if the first, I should be completely in your way, and if the second, I can admire you much better as I sit by the fire.

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There seems almost a general wish of descrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.

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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.

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I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages.

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She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

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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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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

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...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

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If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

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A Woman never looks better than on horseback

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We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

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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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There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well.

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[W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

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It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.

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