Did Jane Austen say “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart”?
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Did Jane Austen say “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart”?
Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Jane Austen. Source and location below.
"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart," said she afterwards to herself. "There is nothing to be compared to it. Warmth and tenderness of heart, with an affectionate, open manner, will beat all the clearness of head in the world, for attraction, I am sure it will. It is tenderness of heart which makes my dear father so generally beloved--which gives Isabella all her popularity.--I have it not--but I know how to prize and respect it.--Harriet is my superior in all the charm and all the felicity it gives. Dea …
Emma — Jane Austen, CHAPTER XIII · ¶1297 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #158 · source
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