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“think only of the past as it remembrance gives you pleasure.”

“i do not pretend to possess equal frankness with your ladyship. you may ask questions, which i shall not choose to answer.”

“but how little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue, she could easily conjecture.”

“she began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man, who, in deposition and talents, would most suit her…it was an union that must have been to the advantage of both; by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved, and from his judgement, info, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefits of greater importance”

“she beheld a sticking resemblance of mr.darcy, with such a smile over the face, as she remembered to have sometimes seen, when he looked at her.”

“in vain have i struggled. it will not do. my feelings will not be repressed. you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you.”

“pray, my dead aunt, what is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the mercenary and the prudent motive? where does discretion end, and avarice begin?”

“it is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.”