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Quote by Jane Austen
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world,

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. – Jane Austen

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You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least. – Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
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There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. – Jane Austen

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Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie. – Rita Rudner

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As to honor – you know – its a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasnt theirs. – Joseph Conrad

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Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, She doesnt have what it takes They will say, Women dont have what it takes. – Clare Boothe Luce

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