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The Week – Bridges with Jane Austen

February 8, 2010 by · No comments

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A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

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An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

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Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

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From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

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If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

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