"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
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"It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation."
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"It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble."
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"A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer."
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"Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions."
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"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness."
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"This is an evening of wonders, indeed!"
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"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."
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"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."
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"If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad."
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"What are men to rocks and mountains?"
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"I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way."
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"I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve."
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"I was quiet but I was not blind."
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"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight and a half years ago. Dare not say that a man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant."
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"But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope."
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"We do not look in great cities for our best morality."
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"Every moment had its pleasure and its hope."
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"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."
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