Jane Austen
The writer, a classic of English and world literatureAlthough our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world, no species of composition has been so much decried. And what are you reading, Miss -- -? Oh! it is only a novel! replies the young lady; while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda ; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humor, are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language. Jane Austen quotes
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I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to. [01/08/2023 11:01:28]
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It's harder to keep than to change. [01/27/2023 08:01:50]
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The origins of greed are in the hungry childhood of the ancestors... [01/27/2023 08:01:16]
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When love leaves, slamming the door loudly, the heart sighs with relief. [01/27/2023 08:01:31]
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And the worm will fly higher than the eagle if it is in the astronaut's asshole. [01/17/2023 10:01:33]
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