"That is what I like; that is what……" — Jane Austen
"That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue."
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691 Quotes by Jane Austen
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being…
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that…
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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect…
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.
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That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
— William Hazlitt
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The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition…
— Alexander Hamilton
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To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal…
— Bertrand Russell
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There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come…
— Martin E. Marty
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As a leader, you must be filled with energy and eagerness, joy and love for what you do. If you…
— John Wooden
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It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to…
— Jules Renard
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Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe
— Lahiri Mahasaya
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It was like the moment before you open a present, still hidden inside its box and wrappings; while you're waiting…
— Susan Patron
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Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and…
— Bennett Cerf
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