Quotes from book

Pride and Prejudice

“The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.”

“And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.”

“It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixing him.”

“No lace. No lace, Mrs. Bennett, I beg you!”

“She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.”

“Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do not wish me such an evil.”

“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 are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)”

“It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.”

“I must have my share in the conversation…”

“Next to being married, a girl likes being crossed in love a little now and again.”

“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.”

“for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.”

“She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.”

“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.”

“She attracted him more than he liked.”

“My style of writing is very diffrent from yours.”

“Obstinate, headstrong girl!”

“I have the highest respect for your nerves, they are my old friends.”