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Quote by Jane Austen
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. – Jane Austen

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Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation. – Jane Austen

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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? – Jane Austen

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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. – Jane Austen

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