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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 preparations. – 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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