![How quick come the reasons for approving what we like.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CkuhMKbl_JA/X1toyHvP9lI/AAAAAAAAG1I/jY_QoX1XRWYHNmGTp96sKaOdYwWAcXkpwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/how-quick-come-the-reasons-for-approving-what-we-like.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Jane Austen
![How quick come the reasons for approving what we like.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CkuhMKbl_JA/X1toyHvP9lI/AAAAAAAAG1I/jY_QoX1XRWYHNmGTp96sKaOdYwWAcXkpwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/how-quick-come-the-reasons-for-approving-what-we-like.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KjmpzoAV8LQ/X1t0vul67qI/AAAAAAAAIM8/rlAP6Hke_LYG9opZesUYypWLvVTEC3_YgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/life-seems-but-a-quick-succession-of-busy-nothings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
![Angry people are not always wise.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VIn-6Xvdr_g/X1tda9VWr4I/AAAAAAAAFlg/hYnR2vPq8p0DsP44-kygObVi0e0_jZo4gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/angry-people-are-not-always-wise.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Angry people are not always wise.
![I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gED9lkBtn_U/X1trOb6UMMI/AAAAAAAAHNQ/0V-Hh8tI95wi98JRc3N0ezQ9DOuHwjnAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-must-learn-to-be-content-with-being-happier-than-i-deserve.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
![One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T3ANEmmEbf8/X1t31iStSjI/AAAAAAAAIxc/yYj2B0Fw1wkSE-w3fQ1ZjKGFWfe9N6g4wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/one-half-of-the-world-cannot-understand-the-pleasures-of-the-other.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
![Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5S7vdxLZv-w/X1t3tTf_jhI/AAAAAAAAIv0/fcAijweCdUMO6buDjHT5EjV6ejvTmNyXwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/oh-lizzy-do-anything-rather-than-marry-without-affection.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
![Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nzxFDCXYBIY/X1t8SQ3cPZI/AAAAAAAAJXI/eG0vra5JzyEGy2z725oWBNsI794B6Zn0wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/stupid-men-are-the-only-ones-worth-knowing-after-all.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.
![The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QAPBwLVzOH4/X1uK1c2c01I/AAAAAAAAKis/zHOfCKFvyKc6_bj5DDQc0NsHB1t5L9ZuQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-very-first-moment-i-beheld-him-my-heart-was-irrevocably-gone.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
![If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MzTvm9a0HO4/X1trnUt4btI/AAAAAAAAHRo/OvoDCdJvYlMeSKfYkHBo44OCDYJnJCFBACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-i-could-but-know-his-heart-everything-would-become-easy.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
![[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iyJXYNBGSdo/X1tra_HnTfI/AAAAAAAAHPc/IRf0DCw9HvQLqFEZt8G1TLdU81wDOefHgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-a-book-is-well-written-i-always-find-it-too-short-jane-austen.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.
![To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W_wnqE_vibs/X1uOSv_vAcI/AAAAAAAAK9k/eHS0RClviXU56uBpv0am4jpMqYFlpxBkwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-wish-was-to-hope-and-to-hope-was-to-expect.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect
![If a book is well written, I always find it too short.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NqdqOzi9knc/X1trbYJcMEI/AAAAAAAAHPg/5k74znANVsck5L4KhAibEgLtTD82T-F0ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-a-book-is-well-written-i-always-find-it-too-short.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)