To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love - Jane Austen
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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen (December 16 1775 – July 18 1817) was an English novelist who recorded the domestic manners of the landed gentry. She is known for her classically understated style and sly, ironic humour.
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She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.
[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
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