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Famous Prejudice quotes
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Angry people are not always wise.
Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of, and it gives her a sort of distinction among her companions. Mr. Bennet
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Do anything rather than marry without affection. Jane Bennet
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.
There are very few who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. Charlotte Lucas
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. Darcy
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.
Is not general incivility the very essence of love?
I think you are in very great danger of making him as much in love with you as ever. Elizabeth Bennet
A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.
She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved; and from his judgment, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received a benefit of greater importance.
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Elizabeth Bennet
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Charlotte Lucas
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill. Elizabeth Bennet
There is nothing so bad as parting with one’s friends. One seems too forlorn without them.
In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will no longer be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. Darcy
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out. Elizabeth Bennet
A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Charlotte Lucas
Your defect is a propensity to hate everybody. And yours, he replied with a smile, is willfully to misunderstand them.
She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to such a great man.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. Darcy
The distance is nothing when one has motive.
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Jane Bennet
Do not give way to useless alarm though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will always be under good regulation. Darcy
Do anything rather than marry without affection.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Mary Bennet
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Elizabeth Bennett
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. Darcy
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
Pride is a very common failing I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Mary Bennet
What are men to rocks and mountains?
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome. Darcy
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.
He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again.
You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me. Elizabeth Bennet
Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of both were overspread with the deepest blush.
I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. Elizabeth Bennet
She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. Miss Caroline Bingley
Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to play you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart.
Affection of candor is common enough one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design to take the good of everybody’s character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad belongs to you alone. Elizabeth Bennet
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.
Till this moment I never knew myself.
I could never be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. Elizabeth Bennet
My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. Elizabeth Bennet
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?
You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavor to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger security for happiness. Elizabeth Bennet
It’s been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.
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. Elizabeth Bennet
Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
Do you think that any consideration would tempt me to accept the man who has been the means of ruining, perhaps for ever, the happiness of a most beloved sister? Elizabeth Bennet
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
