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I cannot say much for this Monarch's Sense--Nor would I if I could, for he was a Lancastrian. I suppose you know all about the Wars between him and th...more

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Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? Youtake delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.""You mistake m...more

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It is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.

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He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…

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She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−inform...more

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It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

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We do not suffer by accident.

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How unfortunate, considering I have decided to loathe him for eternity

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That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

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But it was a matter of great consolation to her, that what brought evil to herself would bring good to her sister; and Elinor, on the other hand, susp...more

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I understand you.—You do not suppose that I have ever felt much.—For four months, Marianne, I have had all this hanging on my mind, without being at l...more