“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ”
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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Oliver Twist
― Oliver Twist
“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
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