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Quote by Jane Austen
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much s

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything 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

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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. – 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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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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