“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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.
“I do not cough for my own amusement.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Variant: What are men to rocks and mountains?
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
