Jane Austen
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life."
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"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them."
"To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."
"Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?"
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."