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Jane Austen

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

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Jane Austen is saying that while business activities are likely to generate financial gain, friendships usually do not result in making money. She highlights the practical difference between the goals of business, which is profit, and friendship, which is not focused on financial benefit.

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