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Sense and Sensibility Quotes by Jane Austen: Context & Meanings

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“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.”

Voice: Fictional character · Mrs. Dashwood

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Happiness can depend less on dramatic change than on recognizing what is already possible and waiting without giving up.

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Sense and Sensibility.