He who does _not_ act, often commits as great a wrong as he who acts.
(Book ix., §5.)

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The wrong that another has done--let alone! Add not to it thine own.
(Book ix., §20.)

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How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He
is able to accept all that God sends upon him. (Book xii., §11.)

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A lamp sends forth its light until it is completely extinguished. Shall
Truth and Justice and Equanimity suffer abatement in thee until all are
extinguished in death? (Book xii., §15.)




JANE AUSTEN

(1775-1817)


The biography of one of the greatest English novelists might be written
in a dozen lines, so simple, so tranquil, so fortunate was her life.