# Quote — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

> Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.

- Author: [Jane Austen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen.md)
- Book: [Sense and Sensibility](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen/sense-and-sensibility.md)
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