Jane Austen
English writer
Lived from: 1775 - 1817
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom
Born: 16 december 1775 Died: 18 july 1817
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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.
― Jane Austen
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