Judging Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

Pride vanity It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct without an intimate knowledge of their situation. Selfishness Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Women Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Selfishness In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. įriendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. Pleasure understanding others There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. Pleasure and pain One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. Happiness One half the world can not understand the pleasures of the other. Vanity A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Marriage Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief. Horses Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Strength A woman never looks better than on horseback. Ĭomplaining Everything nourishes what is strong already. Īrtists Those who do not complain are never pitied. Most popular Jane Austen Quotes An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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