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Mansfield Park Quotes

If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.

Source:(ed. Penguin Books, 2006), Volume I, Chapter 5, Page 47
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  • Book: Mansfield Park
  • Writer: Jane Austen
  • Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance
  • Published: 1814
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