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Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. - Ja

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. – Jane Austen

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Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. – Jane Austen

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Pleasure
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Jane Austen
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. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen

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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. – Pietro Aretino

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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? – Jane Austen

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Hedges between keep friendships green. – Proverb

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Far better a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. – Bible

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