General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Jane Austen
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  1. 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.

  2. A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

  3. In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

  4. The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

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