I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subjec…

Jane Austen
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I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person. ✨ Sophia Bedford-Pierce, Jane Austen (2008). Jane Austen's Little Instruction Book, p.23, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
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