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Quote by Jane Austen
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroy

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

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. – Jane Austen

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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – Jane Austen

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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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Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. – Bruce Barton

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Todays opportunities erase yesterdays failures. – Gene Brown

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Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity. – Arabic Proverb

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Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Learning how to learn is lifes most important skill. – Tony Buzan

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