Jane Austen's Quote - To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a gir

Quote by Jane Austen

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To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. – Jane Austen

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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. – Jane Austen

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