"Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure!..." - Quote by Jane Austen
Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!
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More on Marriage
“It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.”
“Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.”
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More on Wealth
“In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.”
“Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.”
“We can no more and no less afford to condone evil in the man of capital than evil in the man of no capital.”