Elizabeth Bennet

Character in Pride and Prejudice From: Pride and Prejudice

Protagonist; witty and intelligent heroine who challenges social conventions

375 quotes

"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well."
Relationships
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
"I am not afraid of you."
Courage
"Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility."
Truth
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."
Friendship
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation."
Love
"I am the happiest creature in the world."
Happiness
"Better to be without logic than without feeling."
Wisdom
"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."
Humor
"I dearly love a laugh."
Humor
"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love."
Love
"I am convinced that one either likes or dislikes at first sight."
"What strange creatures we are!"
Wisdom
"I am perfectly convinced by it that Mr. Darcy has not the smallest concern at my disappointment."
Relationships
"We are all fools in love."
Love
"I am not one of those young ladies who believe a man must be in love with them to admire them."
Relationships
"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."
Nature
"Angry as I was, I could not refuse him with the unkindness I had felt."
Kindness
"I am convinced that our habits of expense make us too dependent."
Money
"We all love to instruct, though we may not all have the same reason."
Knowledge
"I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun."
Love
"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."
"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it."
"You have said quite enough, madam."
Courage
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."
Friendship
"You have delighted us long enough."
Humor
"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."
Wisdom
"Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?"
Truth
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
Relationships
"What is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the necessary and the perpetual?"