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ce20e35	Time will explain.		Jane Austen
2d8f910	Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.		Jane Austen
524bb53	They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.	romance love	Jane Austen
1ffa1f8	She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.	pride-and-prejudice mr-darcy	Jane Austen
bcc408f	Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.	jane-austen-book-club	Jane Austen
ef0dd1f	No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.	literature love northanger-abbey	Jane Austen
1e01b03	We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.	self-knowledge self-trust	Jane Austen
53156e4	Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.	reason intelligence disdain opposition discussion compliments rationality	Jane Austen
eb8e82c	Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.		Jane Austen
655edb6	Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."	humility deceit	Jane Austen
a05366c	Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.		Jane Austen
8759fd9	Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did."		Jane Austen
d3d498a	Her in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the thousand poetical descriptions extant of autumn--that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness--that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of f..	seasons poets nature fall walking pleasure	Jane Austen
d96ae8b	To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect	hope love wish expectations	Jane Austen
3b9bbf3	Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.		Jane Austen
41697c2	One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.		Jane Austen
0488685	They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.		Jane Austen
8757249	A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.		Jane Austen
1e97208	I might as well enquire," replied she, "why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?"		Jane Austen
8f5a99a	Now they were as strangers; worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.		Jane Austen
de04826	I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.	pride-and-prejudice	Jane Austen
1e63cf0	Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.	jane-austen comfort inspirational pride-and-prejudice	Jane Austen
f51d6ef	If a book is well written, I always find it too short.	reading	Jane Austen
d1aaa85	I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away."	poetry banter courtship	Jane Austen
fd61cf0	I was quiet, but I was not blind.	mansfield-park shy quiet	Jane Austen
59265c8	Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing; but I have never been in love ; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.		Jane Austen
a62df2c	She was stronger alone...	strength	Jane Austen
b37dece	How despicably I have acted!" she cried; "I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable mistrust! How humiliating is this discovery! Yet, how just a humiliation! Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Pleased with the preferenc..		Jane Austen
6a155df	You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.		Jane Austen
398c577	One word from you shall silence me forever.		Jane Austen
2c03670	You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)"	men self-determination women empowerment love gentlemanlike gentlemen behaviour refusal scorn declaration marriage-proposal humiliation proposal mr-darcy propriety rejection pride	Jane Austen
840d559	She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.		Jane Austen
83bfe9e	It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?	jane-austen mr-collins	Jane Austen
da36843	From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.		Jane Austen
7fdbfbd	Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?		Jane Austen
e923ca0	Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.	inspirational	Jane Austen
3767773	However, he wrote some verses on her, and very pretty they were." "And so ended his affection," said Elizabeth impatiently. "There has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!" "I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love," said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a s..	poetry love	Jane Austen
eff9845	We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-		Mark Twain Leo Tolstoy jane austen CHARLES DICKENS Victor Hugo
15fbb75	Miss Bingley was very deeply mortified by Darcy's marriage; but as she thought it advisable to retain the right of visiting at Pemberley, she dropt all her resentment; was fonder than ever of Georgiana, almost as attentive to Darcy as heretofore, and paid off every arrear of civility to Elizabeth. Pemberley was now Georgiana's home; and the attachment of the sisters was exactly what Darcy had hoped to see. They were able to love each other..		Jane Austen

Time will explain.

Jane Austen

2d8f910

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

Jane Austen

524bb53

They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.

romance love

Jane Austen

1ffa1f8

She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

pride-and-prejudice mr-darcy

Jane Austen

bcc408f

Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.

jane-austen-book-club

Jane Austen

ef0dd1f

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

literature love northanger-abbey

Jane Austen

1e01b03

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

self-knowledge self-trust

Jane Austen

53156e4

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

reason intelligence disdain opposition discussion compliments rationality

Jane Austen

eb8e82c

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

Jane Austen

655edb6

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

humility deceit

Jane Austen

a05366c

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

Jane Austen

8759fd9

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did."

Jane Austen

d3d498a

Her in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the thousand poetical descriptions extant of autumn--that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness--that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of f..

seasons poets nature fall walking pleasure

Jane Austen

d96ae8b

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

hope love wish expectations

Jane Austen

3b9bbf3

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

Jane Austen

41697c2

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Jane Austen

0488685

They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.

Jane Austen

8757249

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Jane Austen

1e97208

I might as well enquire," replied she, "why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?"

Jane Austen

8f5a99a

Now they were as strangers; worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.

Jane Austen

de04826

I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.

pride-and-prejudice

Jane Austen

1e63cf0

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

jane-austen comfort inspirational pride-and-prejudice

Jane Austen

f51d6ef

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

reading

Jane Austen

d1aaa85

I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away."

poetry banter courtship

Jane Austen

fd61cf0

I was quiet, but I was not blind.

mansfield-park shy quiet

Jane Austen

59265c8

Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing; but I have never been in love ; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.

Jane Austen

a62df2c

She was stronger alone...

strength

Jane Austen

b37dece

How despicably I have acted!" she cried; "I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable mistrust! How humiliating is this discovery! Yet, how just a humiliation! Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Pleased with the preferenc..

Jane Austen

6a155df

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.

Jane Austen

398c577

One word from you shall silence me forever.

Jane Austen

2c03670

You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)"

men self-determination women empowerment love gentlemanlike gentlemen behaviour refusal scorn declaration marriage-proposal humiliation proposal mr-darcy propriety rejection pride

Jane Austen

840d559

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Jane Austen

83bfe9e

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

jane-austen mr-collins

Jane Austen

da36843

From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.

Jane Austen

7fdbfbd

Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?

Jane Austen

e923ca0

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

inspirational

Jane Austen

3767773

However, he wrote some verses on her, and very pretty they were." "And so ended his affection," said Elizabeth impatiently. "There has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!" "I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love," said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a s..

poetry love

Jane Austen

eff9845

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-

Mark Twain Leo Tolstoy jane austen CHARLES DICKENS Victor Hugo

15fbb75

Miss Bingley was very deeply mortified by Darcy's marriage; but as she thought it advisable to retain the right of visiting at Pemberley, she dropt all her resentment; was fonder than ever of Georgiana, almost as attentive to Darcy as heretofore, and paid off every arrear of civility to Elizabeth. Pemberley was now Georgiana's home; and the attachment of the sisters was exactly what Darcy had hoped to see. They were able to love each other..

Jane Austen