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It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does.
And men take care that they should.


Jane Austen

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JANE AUSTEN My dear, dear aunt,' she rapturously cried, what delight! what felicity! You give me fresh life and ...
JANE AUSTEN One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it
JANE AUSTEN But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of good will which could not ...
JANE AUSTEN Aunque me dieras cuarenta hombres como él, nunca sería tan feliz como tú. Mientras no posea tu bu...
JANE AUSTEN It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well eno...
JANE AUSTEN You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer.
JANE AUSTEN It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in...
JANE AUSTEN My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so m...
JANE AUSTEN Vanity, not love, has been my folly.
JANE AUSTEN They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.
JANE AUSTEN She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most ...
JANE AUSTEN She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should ...
JANE AUSTEN Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I ...
JANE AUSTEN I am excessively diverted.
JANE AUSTEN Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessn...
JANE AUSTEN Every thing nourishes what is strong already.
JANE AUSTEN