"I lay it down as a general..." - Quote by Jane Austen
I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.
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“Remember, a good marriage is like a campfire. Both grow cold if left unattended.”
“Really, this horrid House of Commons quite ruins our husbands for us. I think the Lower House by far the greatest blow to a happy married life that there has been since that terrible thing called the Higher Education of Women was invented.”
“Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.”
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“Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public. They can learn in private; in public they have to know.”
“Never trust anything you read in a travel article.”
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