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Quote by Jane Austen
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a r

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

Other quotes by Jane Austen

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for. – Jane Austen

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Letters
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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. – Jane Austen

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It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. – Jane Austen

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Marriage
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Shyness is just egotism out of its depth. – Penelope Keith

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It is only through timidity that states are lost. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you? – Kahlil Gibran

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Shyness

Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen. – Sir Henry Taylor

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