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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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Success supposes endeavour.

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Obstinate, headstrong girl!

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Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and when she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended as a clearer of ill-fame.

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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

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Fraternal love, sometimes almost every thing, is at others worse than nothing.

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She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.

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I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

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The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister.

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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

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Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who had made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.

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“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”

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There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

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

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He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.

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a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

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She [Mary I] married Philip King of Spain, who in her sister's reign, was famous for building Armadas.

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You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

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Everything nourishes what is strong already

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Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

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