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it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

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
Life
Prejudice
Pass
Possible
Littles
Persons
Person
Better
Vexation
Little
Defects

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