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

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Jane Austen ( OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

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The stream is as good as at first; the little rubbish it collects in the turnings is easily moved away.

—Jane Austen

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

—Jane Austen

Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.

—Jane Austen

You have delighted us long enough.

—Jane Austen

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

—Jane Austen

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

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