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

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