Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice Quotes
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.
There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.
That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.
And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.
What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?
This was a lucky recollection -- it saved her from something like regret.
My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them──by which means my letters sometimes convey no ideas at all to my correspondents.
By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion and somethings an indirect boast.
Pride has often been his best friend. It has connected him nearer with virtue than any other feeling.
Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person.
I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
Nothing is more deceitful, " said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
How unfortunate, considering I have decided to loathe him for eternity
They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town,
Where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
And this, " cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully.
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil - a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.
Well, well, " said he, "do not make yourself unhappy. If you are a good girl for the next ten years, I will take you to a review at the end of them.
How unlucky that you should have a reasonable answer to give, and that I should be so reasonable as to admit it!
I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these."- Mr. Darcy
Elizabeth's spirit's soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. 'How could you begin?' said she. begun.