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Scrapbook: "Jane Austen"

by Aileen

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

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l always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other

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... I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible

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"But you never read novels, I dare say?" "Why not?" "Because they are not clever enough for you- gentlemen read better books." "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

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(novels are) "Works in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiness delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best language"

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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

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...it is always incomprehensible to a man that a women should ever refuse an offer of marriage

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My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming- one other person at least

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... the more I know of the world the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.... There is nothing to be compared to it. Warmth and tenderness of heart, with an affectionate, open manner, will beat all the cleverness of head in the world, for attraction

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All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one, you need not covet) is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone

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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love

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Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure

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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast

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Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

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Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you. My mind was more agreeably engaged. I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow

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Wisdom is better than Wit, & in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

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