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pens
"Let the others pens dwell and misery and guilt."
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opinion
"Where in an opinion is general, usually is correct."
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Emma
"One half of the world cannot understand the other."
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Home
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
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Artist
"An artist cannot do anything slovenly."
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Politics
"From politics, it was an easy step to silence."
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half of the world
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
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Sense and Sensibility
Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses.....
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lovely opening para to a book:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
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Friendship
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."
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From Persuasion
How quick come the reasons for approving what we like !
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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Wisdom
Wisdom is better than Wit.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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From pride and prejudice
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
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From Emma
"Why not seize pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
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Ah ! There is nothing like staying at home, for
real comfort.
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From Mansfield Park
“I was quiet, but I was not blind.”
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