Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation.
– Jane Austen
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- Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. – Jane Austen
- There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. – Jane Austen
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen
- The less said the better. – Jane Austen
- What are men to rocks and mountains? – Jane Austen
- You have delighted us long enough. – Jane Austen
- You have delighted us long enough. – Jane Austen
- “Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.” – Jane Austen
- How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! – Jane Austen
- There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. – Jane Austen