British - Writer | December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817
Every savage can dance.
Jane Austen
DanceSavageEvery
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
TruthHumanHappenLittleBelong
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
WorldUnderstandHalfPleasures
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
LovedYouTalkMoreAbleLess
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
GoodMarriageTruthWifeManWant
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
PeopleYouWillMoreWhoLess
An artist cannot do anything slovenly.
ArtistAnythingCannotSlovenly
A single woman with a very narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid - the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.
GoodWomanRidiculousOldSingle
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
BetterPersonWouldGuideThanAny
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
GuiltDwellMiseryOtherPens
A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
MindSeeingNothingSeeAnswerEase
Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.
GirlYouthWorldReasonCharming
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