Pride and Prejudice Quotes

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. – Elizabeth Bennet

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. – Elizabeth Bennet

I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own terms. – Elizabeth Bennet

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. – Mary Bennet

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. – Narrator

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. – Narrator

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. – Lady Catherine de Bourgh

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill. – Elizabeth Bennet

We are all fools in love. – Mrs. Bennet

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. – Mr. Darcy

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. – Elizabeth Bennet

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil. – Charlotte Lucas

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. – Charlotte Lucas

Pride and Prejudice Quotes part 2

From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form that groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry. – Elizabeth Bennet

From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form that groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry. – Elizabeth Bennet

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve. – Elizabeth Bennet

I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any. – Caroline Bingley

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. – Mr. Darcy

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. – Mr. Darcy

I love you. Most ardently. – Mr. Darcy

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. – Elizabeth Bennet

Her fancy for Mr. Wickham, confirmed by his preference, was not unjustifiable. – Narrator

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. – Mr. Darcy

My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. – Mr. Darcy

And yours… is willfully to misunderstand them. – Elizabeth Bennet

She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. – Narrator

I always speak my mind. – Lady Catherine de Bourgh

My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever. – Mr. Darcy

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. – Mr. Darcy

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. – Elizabeth Bennet

I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print. – Mr. Darcy (about Elizabeth Bennet)

Disguise of every sort is my abhorrence. – Mr. Darcy

You have no compassion for my poor nerves. – Mrs. Bennet

I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow. – Mr. Darcy

I am excessively attentive to all those things. – Mr. Darcy

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! – Caroline Bingley

It’s been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable. – Mr. Collins

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. – Elizabeth Bennet

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil. – Charlotte Lucas

You have no compassion for my poor nerves. – Mrs. Bennet

I am excessively attentive to all those things. – Mr. Darcy

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! – Caroline Bingley

It’s been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable. – Mr. Collins

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

We are all fools in love. – Mrs. Bennet