There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. What does this mean?
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If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark. There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself.
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In the world of Pride and Prejudice, it is harder for a woman to get a husband than it is for a man to get a wife. Consequently, a woman has to show her affection to a man more clearly than a man does to a woman. To use more modern terminology, a woman has to be proactive in making a relationship work.
- In the world of Pride and Prejudice, it is harder for a woman to get a husband than it is for a man to get a wife.
- Consequently, a woman has to show her affection to a man more clearly than a man does to a woman.
- To use more modern terminology, a woman has to be proactive in making a relationship work.
- Charlotte says this, but the reader feels that the thought is Jane's.
- Clive
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In the world of Pride and Prejudice, it is harder for a woman to get a husband than it is for a man to get a wife. Consequently, a woman has to show her affection to a man more clearly than a man does to a woman. To use more modern terminology, a woman has to be proactive in making a relationship work.
Charlotte says this, but the reader feels that the thought is Jane's.
Clive
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