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IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
“But people themselves alter so much that there is something new to be observed in them forever.”
What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh!
Lakes, mountains, and rivers shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor, when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarrelling about its relative situation. Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers.”
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.
that loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable—that one false step involves her in endless ruin—that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful—and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.”
Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. No, no, let me shift for myself;
“Obstinate, headstrong girl!
I am only resolved to act in that manner which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.”
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
