Quotation by

Jane Austen

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Jane Austen

Beauty

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Jane Austen means that a girl who has spent many years feeling plain finds more joy in becoming somewhat attractive than a naturally beautiful girl feels in her lifelong beauty. This is because the change from plainness to near-prettiness brings a new and special kind of happiness that is more intense than the constant experience of beauty.

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