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Quote by Jane Austen
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laug

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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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. – Jane Austen

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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. – 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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A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. – Hesiod

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A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesnt climb over it. – Arthur Baer

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Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level. – Quentin Crisp

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Your next-door neighbor is not a man; he is an environment. He is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a piano; he is a dispute about a party wall; he is drains that are worse than yours, or roses that are better than yours. – G. K. Chesterton

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