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It is a lovely night, and they are much to be pitied who have not…

Quote byJane Austen · 1775–1817

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Mansfield Park (1814).

English (original)

It is a lovely night, and they are much to be pitied who have not been taught to feel, in some degree, as you do; who have not, at least, been given a taste for Nature in early life. They lose a great deal.

— Jane Austen

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