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Almost Quotes by Jane Austen
- To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her…
- Almost anything is possible with time
- From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief…
- Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of…
- Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears…
- You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor little children first…
- A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition…
- It is wonderful, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride;-and pride has often been his best friend.
- If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it…
- 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…
- that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)
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