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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Jane Austen?
→ A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
→ Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
→ Calamity is the test of integrity.
→ The best mask for demoralization is daring.
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Pick the quote attributed to Jane Austen.
→ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
→ It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
→ He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write.
→ Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Select the quotation attributed to Jane Austen.
→ Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
→ No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
→ Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
→ It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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One of these may be attributed to Jane Austen. Which one?
→ A man can do all things if he but wills them.
→ The difficult is that which can be done at once and the impossible is that which takes a little longer.
→ If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
→ The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
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Which one of these belongs to Jane Austen?
→ Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
→ I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
→ Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
→ To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Jane Austen?
→ A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
→ Never spend your money before you have it.
→ If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.
→ Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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