I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.
Jane Austen · Emma
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“I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly silly…”
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Work
- Emma
- Year
- 1815
- Chapter / part
- Chapter VIII
- Length
- 40 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #158
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Jane Austen died in 1817, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1815. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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