One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but suffering.

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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.

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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 in Pride and Prejudice
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.

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At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.

Jane Austen in Sense and Sensibility
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong

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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

Jane Austen in Mansfield Park
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Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

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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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