"Time will generally lessen the interest of every……" — Jane Austen
"Time will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle."
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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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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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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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If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard…
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Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style.
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I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way…
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He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is…
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All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to…
— Tadao Ando
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When you begin your transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior's…
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Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to…
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All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for…
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It has seemed so strange to me that the larger culture, with its own absence of spirit and lack of…
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The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If…
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There is no secret in the mystery of life stronger and more beautiful than that attachment which converts the silence…
— Khalil Gibran
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