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

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