The whole of Lucy’s behaviour in the affair, and the prosperity which crowned it, therefore, may be held forth as a most encouraging instance of what an earnest, an unceasing attention to self-interest, however its progress may be apparently obstructed, will do in securing every advantage of fortune, with no other sacrifice than that of time and conscience.

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Jane Austen Quotes

Dintre toate lucrurile ingrozitoare, despartirile sunt cele mai rele.

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On such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to.

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Pride is a very common failing I believe.

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He has chosen his partner, indeed, with rare felicity. He will make you happy, Fanny; I know he will make you happy; but you will make him everything.” “I would not engage in such a charge,” cried Fanny, in a shrinking accent; “in such an office of high responsibility!

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This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. Thorpe herself, of her past adventures and sufferings, which might otherwise be expected to occupy three or four chapters; in which the worthlessness of lords and attornies might set forth, and conversations, which had passed twenty years before, be minutely repeated.

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I can readily believe,” answered he gravely, “that report may vary greatly with respect to me;.

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When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous.

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But if there should by any chance happen to be a woman who is single at seven and twenty, I should not think Colonel Brandon’s being thirty-five any objection to his marrying her.” “A woman of seven and twenty,” said Marianne, after pausing a moment, “can never hope to feel or inspire affection again, and if her home be uncomfortable, or her fortune small, I can suppose that she might bring herself to submit to the offices of a nurse, for the sake of the provision and security of a.

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The others returned, the room filled again, benches were reclaimed and repossessed, and another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes, as real or affected taste for it prevailed.

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I honour your circumspection.

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I cannot quite agree with you there.

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No debemos estar tan predispuestos a imaginarnos que nos han herido intencionadamente.

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She had only to say in reply, that they had wandered about, till she was beyond her own knowledge.

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Dragostea lor nu se putea sfarsi decat in prietenie.

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My dear, do not give way to such gloomy thoughts. Let us hope for better things. Let us flatter ourselves that I may be the survivor.

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If you are in too great a hurry, you will certainly live to repent it.

— Jane Austen

Banuiesc ca nu este indispensabil pentru fericirea mea. Cu atat mai bine. Cu siguranta nu ma voi convinge sa simt mai mult decat simt acum. Sunt suficient de indragostita. Mi-ar parea rau sa fiu mai indragostita de atat.

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If I loved you any less, I could talk about it more.

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Cat de adevarate par cateodata visele! Alteori, ce adunatura de lucruri absurde!

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El que una pareja crea que son iguales o se conozcan bien de antemano, no les va a traer la felicidad en absoluto.

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