Quotes from bookPride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and eventually comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. A classic piece filled with comedy, its humour lies in its honest depiction of manners, education, marriage and money during the Regency era in Great Britain.
“How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.”
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“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
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“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
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Variant: You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?”
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“my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.”
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“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
-Mr. Darcy”
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“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
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“Till this moment I never knew myself.”
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