“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: love
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My idea of good company is the
“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: great
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There is nothing like staying at home
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: home
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Human nature is so well disposed towards
“Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: nature
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There are certainly not so many men
“There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: women
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They are much to be pitied who
“They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: nature
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know,
“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: hope
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Business, you know, may bring you money,
“Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: business
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The person, be it gentleman or lady,
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: good
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My idea of good company is the
“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: good
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It is always incomprehensible to a man
“It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.”
— Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Category: marriage
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