Mr. Darcy

381 quotes

"Every advantage I took of you has worsened my sense of myself."
"I am now convinced that your fine eyes have been working their magic on me."
Love
"I shall endeavour to ensure my behaviour toward you is only what I can respect."
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues."
Philosophy
"I have always seen a great deal of sense in the advice to be reserved in expressing admiration."
Wisdom
"I have ruined myself in the attempt to appear grateful."
"You must allow me to feel all the delight of a rational hope."
Hope
"I was not born to be a mere appendage of another human being."
Freedom
"The knowledge of your partial approbation is such a recommendation as I should never have expected."
Gratitude
"I am the happiest of beings."
Happiness
"All the world is good and agreeable in your eyes."
"What have I to say in my defence?"
"I am perfectly convinced by it."
Truth
"You render me the happiest man in England."
Love
"I admire all virtues in a high degree."
"Until this moment I never knew myself."
"My temper is not to be trifled with."
Strength
"A lady without a father and a mother is an orphan in the truest sense."
Family
"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 not have happily obliged him, but I owe you none."
Freedom
"You have delighted us long enough."
Happiness
"I am not afraid of you."
Courage
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."
Friendship
"I have been a selfish being all my life."
Change
"You teach me to be ashamed of what I have been."
Wisdom
"I admire the elegance of your operation."
Art
"Your Ladyship's indignation would be better employed."
Justice
"Only the deepest love is worth the deepest fear."
Love
"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."
Humor
"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."
Knowledge