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One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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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 is what I call good company.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential; but a little learning is by no means a dangerous thing in good company; on the contrary, it will do very well.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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How could it be? She watched, observed, reflected, and finally determined that this was not a case of fortitude or of resignation only. A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone. It was the choicest gift of Heaven.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial; but generally speaking, it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber: it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! and unfortunately, there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Knowing their feelings as she did, it was a most attractive picture of happiness to her. She always watched them as long as she could, delighted to fancy she understood what they might be talking of, as they walked along in happy independence, or equally delighted to see the Admiral's hearty shake of the hand when he encountered an old friend, and observe their eagerness of conversation when occasionally forming into a little knot of the navy, Mrs Croft looking as intelligent and keen as any of the officers around her.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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