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Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.

~Jane Austen

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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

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One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

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Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: December 16th, 1775

Died: July 18th, 1817

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