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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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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. – Jane Austen

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alone
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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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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. – Jane Austen

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A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! – Billy Sunday

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No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women. – Julie Burchill

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It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more. – Bela Lugosi

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Meditation is simplicity itself. One is to just let go, nothing special is supposed to happen. – Author Unknown

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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. – John Dewey

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