My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever... - Jane Austen, Persuasion
"My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."
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"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like."
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."
"Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left."
"...I will not allow books to prove any thing.""But how shall we prove any thing?""We never shall."
"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."