Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

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Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice · 1813

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 16.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 16.

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