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He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing.	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart . . .	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses . . .	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
"I am afraid," replied Elinor, "that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
" . . . and yet there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions."	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.	Jane Austen	Sense and Sensibility
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.	Jane Austen	Pride and Prejudice
" . . . I could easily forgive HIS pride, if he had not mortified MINE."	Jane Austen	Pride and Prejudice
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."	Jane Austen	Pride and Prejudice

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