Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last
("Pride and Prejudice")
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Depend upon it, you see but half. You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere-and those evil-minded observers, dearest Mary, who make much of a little, are more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves.Jane Austen
Affectation of candour is common enough-one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design-to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad-belongs to you alone.
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Elinor, I have been cruelly used; but not by Willoughby.
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I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.
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Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?
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You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.
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