Pride And Prejudice Pride Quotes by Jane Austen, D’arcy Wretzky and many others.
Yes,” replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, “but that was when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy
I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
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.
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.
How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.
I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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.
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done.
