Jane Austen quote about youth from Sense and Sensibility - there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
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there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
 Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811). copy citation

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Author Jane Austen
Source Sense and Sensibility
Topic youth opinions prejudice
Date 1811
Language English
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“A few years however will settle her opinions on the reasonable basis of common sense and observation;[48] and then they may be more easy to define and to justify than they now are, by any body but herself."
"This will probably be the case," he replied; "and yet there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions."
"I cannot agree with you there," said Elinor. "There are inconveniences attending such feelings as Marianne's, which all the charms of enthusiasm and ignorance of the world cannot atone for. Her systems have all the unfortunate tendency of setting propriety at nought; and a better acquaintance with the world is what I look forward to as her greatest possible advantage."” source

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