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Quote by Jane Austen
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;– it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. – Jane Austen

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