“ We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb. ”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (28 January 1813). copy citation
Author | Jane Austen |
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Source | Pride and Prejudice |
Topic | society speaking |
Date | 28 January 1813 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm |