I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
Jane Austen
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Year
- 1811
- Genres
- Bildungsroman, romantic fiction
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It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
Jane Austen