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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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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. – Jane Austen

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Humility
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Jane Austen
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With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. – Jane Austen

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Men & Women
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No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

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Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. – Sir Walter Scott

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

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