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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at…

Quote byJane Austen · 1775–1817

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pride and Prejudice (1813).

English (original)

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

— Jane Austen

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