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Quote by Jane Austen
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is o

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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. . . 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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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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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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Ridicule
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Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. – Carroll OConnor

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