Emma

by Jane Austen
England
16 Dec 1775 // 18 Jul 1817
Novelist

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One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.

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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

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I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.

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