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Quote by Jane Austen
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trou

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. – Jane Austen

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You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least. – Jane Austen

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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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