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Words Quotes by Jane Austen
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to…
- I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I…
- She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that I think very…
- 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…
- Pride is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that…
- The world may know my words, but it has no such privileges with my heart
- If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise--if regard springing from…
- She wished such words unsaid with all her heart
- I understand Crawford paid you a visit?" "Yes." "And was he attentive?" "Yes, very." "And has your heart changed towards him?" "Yes. Several times. I…
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- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
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