"..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness……" — Jane Austen
"..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself"
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691 Quotes by Jane Austen
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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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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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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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