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- It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
- Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), from a letter to her niece, November 18, 1814
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice
- Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Emma
- Life is just a quick succession of busy nothings.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
- Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice
- You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice
- How much I love every thing that is decided and open!
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Emma
- 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 (1775 - 1817), Emma
- A woman should never be trusted with money.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), The Watsons
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