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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire h

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. – Jane Austen

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What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen

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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen

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