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“There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.”
― Jane Austen

“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
― Jane Austen