I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Jane Austen

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

Jane Austen

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

Jane Austen

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older—the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Jane Austen

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The Bible · The source reads: “Thy word is a lantern unto my feet: and a light unto my paths.” · Psalm 119:105. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.

The Bible · Revelation 6:8

What I have written I have written.

The Bible · John 19:22

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“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.”

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?”

“It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.”

“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older—the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.”

“What I have written I have written.”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older—the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.

What I have written I have written.