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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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The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for. – Jane Austen

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Letters
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Jane Austen
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We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. – Jane Austen

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Self
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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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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone. – Proverb

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Opportunities neglected can never be recovered. – Proverb

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Todays opportunities erase yesterdays failures. – Gene Brown

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