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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Ten
Cases
Show
Woman
Shows
Women
Jane
Better
Affection
Feels
Nine

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