"it is a shocking trick for a..." - Quote by Jane Austen
it is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa.
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“Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion.”
“It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.”
“I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away.”
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“It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance. Nobody wishes bad manners. We must have loyalty and character.”
“To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!”
“Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.”