Pride And Prejudice Book Quotes

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well.

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

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.

Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who had made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Till this moment I never knew myself.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.

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.

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.

She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.

What are men to rocks and mountains?