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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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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen

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