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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
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Obstinate, headstrong girl!
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An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity and she went to her room, and grew steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment.
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Faultless in spite of all her faults.
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We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
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She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.
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I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.
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