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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

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I am not romantic, you know; I never was.

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

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Sense will always have attractions for me.

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the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.

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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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They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.

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

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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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Till this moment I never knew myself.

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“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

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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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I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

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Everything nourishes what is strong already

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My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?

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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

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Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else.

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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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My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

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I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

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