“ Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope. ”
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
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| Source | Sense and Sensibility |
| Topic | happiness hope patience |
| Date | 1811 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21839/21839-h/21839-h.htm |
Context
“You are in a melancholy humour, and fancy that any one unlike yourself must be happy. But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by every body at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience—or give it a[91] more fascinating name, call it hope. Your mother will secure to you, in time, that independence you are so anxious for; it is her duty, and it will, it must ere long become her happiness to prevent your whole youth from being wasted in discontent.”
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