"Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly."
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"she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly."
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"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done."
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"The post-office is a wonderful establishment! The regularity and dispatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!"
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"If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow."
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"There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy."
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"We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him."
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"Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!"
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"Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions"
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"She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous."
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"Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of Edward a few weeks ago, had robbed her of one; the similar annihilation of Robert had left her for a fortnight without any; and now, by the resurrection of Edward, she had one again."
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"She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man."
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"She was one of those, who, having, once begun, would be always in love."
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"You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them."
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"I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice."
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"Where love is there is no labor; and if there be labor, that labor is loved."
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"With a book he was regardless of time."
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"Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard."
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"One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement."
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"I must have my share in the conversation."
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