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"But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club."

"That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval."

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."
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"If, however, I am allowed to think that you and yours feel an interest in my fate and actions, it may be the means-it may put me on my guard-at least, it may be something to live for."

"There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley."

"That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit."

"They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town."

"It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."

"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."

"She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself."

"My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be..."

"There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions."
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