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Jane Austen Quotes about Safety

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Each found her greatest safety in silence.

Each found her greatest safety in silence.

Jane Austen
Safety, Silence, Found
Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Complete Collection Deluxe Unabridged (annotated): [All 18 Works - Novels -Short Stories–Letters –Unfinished Works - Scraps]]”, p.1321, BookBaby

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

Jane Austen
Love, Women, Safety
Jane Austen (1882). “Emma”, p.172

If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk. When I yielded, I thought it was to duty; but no duty could be called in aid here. In marrying a man indifferent to me, all risk would have been incurred and all duty violated.

Jane Austen
Men, Safety, Risk
Jane Austen (1993). “Persuasion”, p.174, Wordsworth Editions

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