“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.”
Source: Pride and Prejudice
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English novelist 1775–1817Related quotes

“We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.”
Source: How Should a Person Be?

THE DESIRE FOR DESIRÉE http://www.c3.hu/~mediumar/PETVERS1.HTM (1993).
András Petőcz: In Praise of the Sea (1999, ISBN 963 9101 51 6).
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Letter 137, to Syed Ross Masood, 5 December 1914
Selected Letters (1983-1985)