"To be fond of dancing was a certain……" — Jane Austen
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love."
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691 Quotes by Jane Austen
Jane Austen has 691 quotes on this site.
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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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More Affection Quotes
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Most people would rather give than get affection.
— Aristotle
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If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
— Jane Austen
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I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way…
— Richard Bach
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The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when…
— Michelle Bachelet
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or…
— Lord Acton
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
— Amelia Barr
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Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of…
— Jane Addams
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I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.
— George Best
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I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused…
— Daniel Boone
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