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Emma quotes

Jane Austen

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“I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“You must be the best judge of your own happiness.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other; and, therefore, you must give me a plain, direct answer.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“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;” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“Business . . . may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“It is such a happiness when good people get together—and they always do.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“Harriet was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“I would much rather have been merry than wise.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

“it is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best.” Jane Austen, “Emma” - 1815

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