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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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With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. – 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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Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation. – Jane Austen

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Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak. – William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember. – Author Unknown

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