Quotations

Beulah 2022-04-23 07:01:20

How can you tease me like this? Can't you understand my fragile nerves?

With five thousand pounds a year, it doesn't matter if something is wrong.

"I don't have anything to say about beauty if someone in the house doesn't fall in love with you tonight."
"Or nothing to say about men."

Even if he owned the whole of Derbyshire, I wouldn't like it Dance with him, not to mention he only owns half of it.

I will only marry for true love, so I am bound to be an old girl.

Old lady, your matchmaking skills are simply superb.

Except for a sore throat, fever, and headache, I'm fine.

To be considered versatile, she must be proficient in music, singing, painting, dancing, and modern languages.

Do you think pride is a disadvantage or an advantage?

Once I lose a good feeling for a person, I will never have a good feeling for a person.

Trust me, no one expects your manners to be rehearsed.

We are eagerly looking forward to this rewarding marriage.

Few people can fall in love without the right kind of encouragement.

I am honored by your proposal, but unfortunately I have no choice but to decline.

From today on, if you don't break up with your father, you will break up with your mother.

Girls always like to be loved.

Marrying him is just as happy for me as marrying anyone else.

Not everyone can have romance.

It's a joy to be able to take care of my own home.

The family raises five daughters, but does not hire a female governess? I've never heard of it. Your mother, who taught you personally, must be exhausted like slaves.

If the younger sister can't socialize because the older sister isn't married, it doesn't enhance sisterhood at all.

Excellent skills invariably require sustained practice.

At a dance, it is unpleasant to ask someone to introduce a female partner.

Even if all the men in the world die, I will not marry you.

No matter how bad she is, she can't get anywhere.

Most men are arrogant or stupid, and the amiable must be unassertive.

How can people speak the same day as mountains and rocks?

You must go to Brighton, that's the place to find a husband.

Elizabeth, sometimes Mr. Darcy is less domineering than you are.

Married women have little time to write letters.

Separating from one's own child is a very hard thing to do. They are gone, and I seem to have lost my home.

I have been so blind.

They will be happy together, their personalities are very similar. They are so talkative that they will be bullied by their servants. They're all so generous, they're bound to make ends meet.

Will you die for being too happy?

You can ask, but I have the right to choose to answer or not to answer.

He's a lot like me, both of us are stubborn.

I can't believe someone is worthy of you.

You can only call me "Mrs Darcy" when you're absolutely, truly, unquestionably happy.

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Pride & Prejudice quotes

  • Mrs. Bennet: Mr. Bennet, you must introduce him to the girls! Immediately!

  • Sir William Lucas: Mr. Bingley, my eldest daughter you know. Mrs. Bennet, Miss Jane Bennet, Elizabeth, and Miss Mary Bennet.

    Mrs. Bennet: It is a pleasure. I have two others, but they are already dancing.

    Mr. Bingley: I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

    Sir William Lucas: And may I introduce Mr. Darcy of Pemberley and Derbyshire.