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I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.


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JANE AUSTEN And I, Mr. Knightley, am equally stout in my confidence of its not doing them any harm. With all dea...
JANE AUSTEN America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is...
JANE ADDAMS The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
JANE ADDAMS Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion,...
JANE AUSTEN Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish prepara...
JANE AUSTEN Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
JANE AUSTEN Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
JANE AUSTEN For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
JANE AUSTEN To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
JANE AUSTEN It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing...
JANE AUSTEN A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as sh...
JANE AUSTEN . . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether...
JANE AUSTEN When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
JANE FONDA Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young perso...
JANE AUSTEN You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have hear...
JANE AUSTEN