A Quote by Jane Austen

The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
British - Novelist
December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817

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