Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
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Jane Austen
These are some quotes by British author Jane Austen Writer, who lived between December 16, 1775 and July 28, 1817.
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I like to be busy. I once shared an agent with the late Sir John Gielgud, who, at 96, was apparently still ringing up, saying, 'Hello, Gielgud here, any work?' Good on him. We've got to keep working. If we retire, there'll be nobody to play the old wrinklies, and that would be a dreadful shame.
