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Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, England.
* She was the second of seven children born to George and Cassandra Austen.
* Jane Austen began writing at a young age, and her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, was published in 1811.
* She went on to publish six more novels: Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan.
* Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, at the age of 41.
* She is considered one of the greatest English novelists of all time.
* Her novels are known for their wit, humor, and sharp social commentary.
* They continue to be popular today and have been adapted into numerous films and television shows.

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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

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Happiness

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

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Humor

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.

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Time

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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Books

Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.

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Love

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours.

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Love

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.

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Truth

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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Love

A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

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Knowledge

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

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Happiness

Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.

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Love

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

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Love

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.

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Humor

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

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Love

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

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Humor

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