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Quote by Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what h

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen

Other quotes by Jane Austen

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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There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. – Jane Austen

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Shyness
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They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. – Jane Austen

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Nature
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Friendship is Love with jewels on, but without either flowers or veil. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Friendship

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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Friendship

There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound. – Diana Cortes

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Friendship

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares. – Henri Nouwen

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Friendship

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He first deceased; she for a little tried to live without him, liked it not, and died. – Sir Henry Wotton

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It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it. – Alistair Cooke

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What do nudists wear on casual Fridays? – Anonymous

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Clothing

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Sympathy