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Depend upon it you see but half. You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and w...more

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Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

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I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment

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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 mis...more

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My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?

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It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adhe...more

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Pride,’ observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, ‘is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I ...more

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Words were insufficient for the elevation of his [Mr Collins'] feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civ...more

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But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.

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Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.