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But Mrs. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets, that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness, and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations.

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"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature." - Isabella Thorpe

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"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." - Mr. Tilney

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

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From politics it was an easy step to silence.

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The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing.

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Prepare for your sister-in-law, Eleanor, and such a sister-in-law as you must delight in! Open, candid, artless, guileless, with affections strong but simple, forming no pretensions, and knowing no disguise.

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