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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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Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face of every woman they met; and Catherine, after listening and agreeing as long as she could,with all the civility and deference of the youthful female mind, fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man, especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned, ventured at length to vary the subject.

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And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.

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The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

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My heart is, and always will be, yours.

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There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.

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Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.

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Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

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Five is the very awkwardest of all posible numbers to sit down to table.

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I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit.

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No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine... But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine.

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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world

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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

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I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man's being in love if he chose it.

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When I fall in love, it will be forever.

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And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.

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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

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I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

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Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.

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One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

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