Pride and Prejudice Quotes

“Nothing is more deceitful . . . than the appearance of humility.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“We do not suffer by accident.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! Do not wish me such an evil.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride—where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

topic:pride hurting forgiveness

“We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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