Mr. Darcy

381 quotes

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
Truth
"I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine."
"You have bewitched me, body and soul."
Love
"I am not one of those gentlemen who can be supposed to please women."
"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."
Strength
"My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
Love
"I have had the pleasure of knowing you for some weeks now, Miss Elizabeth."
Relationships
"The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor."
Success
"I am perfectly serious in my refusal."
Truth
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
Imagination
"You have insulted me in every possible method."
Justice
"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible."
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously."
Wisdom
"I have been most painfully reminded of all that I ought not to have forgotten."
"Where there is a will, there is a way."
Perseverance
"I am not afraid of you."
Courage
"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion to be secure of judging properly at first."
Wisdom
"I have no pretense to any preference whatever."
"No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes."
Beauty
"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it."
Truth
"I have imposed upon myself the duty of silence."
Patience
"Jealousy is a weakness I have not yet been taught to overcome."
"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."
"Respect for the man would not make him dignified."
"I cannot fix on the hour or the spot or the look or the words which laid the foundation."
Love
"My good opinion once lost, is lost forever."
"The world may laugh, but I shall not be ashamed of either."
Courage
"I have a reason for wishing you well."
Kindness
"I am only resolved to hear you out."
Patience
"She has been the greatest trial of my patience."