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Rational Quotes by Jane Austen
- With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.
- Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
- She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence – “Surely,…
- I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be…
- And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational…
- Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.
- I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would…
- Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again
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