Over 100 Timeless Pride and Prejudice Quotes to Inspire and Delight
Pride and Prejudice, penned by the illustrious Jane Austen, transcends time with its witty insights and masterful exploration of human bonds, societal norms, and love's trials. This unforgettable novel introduces us to Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, two characters destined to challenge the expectations of their time while tussling with their inherent pride and prejudices. Let us delve into the enduring brilliance of Pride and Prejudice with 10 different thematic subtitles, each brimming with carefully selected quotes that embody Austen's genius. These unforgettable lines don't just capture the character's essence but also resonate with our present-day emotions.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain."
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
"I dearly love a laugh. I hope I may never ridicule what is wise or good."
"A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
"There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect."
"Till this moment, I never knew myself."
"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed."
"Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility."
"My good opinion once lost, is lost forever."
"You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you."
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope."
"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."
"We are all fools in love."
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love."
"My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them."
"Oh, my dear: do not look so. For you did feel, you were just too proud to say so."
"A deeper sentiment overcomes even those predisposed to resistance."
"Love is not always founded on reason."
"I certainly have not the talent of conversing easily with those I have never seen before."
"It’s been coming on so gradually that I hardly know when it began."
"Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her."
"Heaven and earth! Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?"
"I am only resolved to act in that manner which will constitute my happiness."
"I could not have been happy with either, supposing even an equal affection."
"People themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them forever."
"I deserve neither such praise nor such censure."
"You want your partner to have all the refinement you possess yourself."
"Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own."
"From the very beginning—from the first moment, I may almost say."
"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it."
"There are few people whom I really love, and fewer of whom I think well."
"If I had ever learnt, I should have been a true proficient."
"I am determined that nothing but the deepest love will induce me into matrimony."
"My good opinion once lost, is lost forever."
"You are too generous to trifle with me."
"Only love can drive such intensity."
"I never wish to be parted from you from this day on."
"I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding."
"The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor."
"Disguise of every sort is my abhorrence."
"A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages."
"You can hardly doubt the purport of my discourse."
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words."
"There is nothing in the world so admirable as simplicity."
"Had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner."
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
"Angry people are not always wise."
"A person who can write a long letter with ease cannot write ill."
"There is plenty of time for rest in the grave."
"Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason."
"We neither of us perform to strangers."
"What are men to rocks and mountains?"
"I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good."
"Follies and nonsense do divert me."
"The distance is nothing when one has motive."
"We all must make what happiness we can."
"The recollection of what I then said, of my conduct, my manners."
