A quotation by Austen, Jane

My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist

Persuasion, ch. 16 [Anne] (1818)

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