I do not want people to be very agreeabl... by Jane Austen | We Heart Quotes

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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

- Jane Austen

Other quotes by Jane Austen

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

- Jane Austen

Marriage Man

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

- Jane Austen

Nature Being

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

- Jane Austen

No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

- Jane Austen

Woman Years

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.

- Jane Austen

Love

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

- Jane Austen

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