Quote by Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbl

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;– it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. – Jane Austen

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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. – Jane Austen

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Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. – Thomas Jefferson

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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. – Oliver Goldsmith

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When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. – Thomas Szasz

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So much fabric, so little time! Or, sew much fabric, sew little time! – Author Unknown

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To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. – Sir Winston Churchill

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For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him. – Gustav Stresemann

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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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