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Quote by Jane Austen
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is som

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. – 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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Flattery
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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. – Jane Austen

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Nature
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A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. – John Ciardi

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Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. – Rupert Brooke

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The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it. – Charles Baudelaire

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Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast. – Italian Proverb

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