She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where p…

Jane Austen
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She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. ✨ 'Northanger Abbey' (1818) ch. 14
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