Mr. Darcy

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"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
"The improvement of your lovely sister must place her quite beyond the reach of those who had not the advantage of such early association."
Education
"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."
"I am not one of those gentlemen who will be deterred by the fear of incurring your displeasure."
Courage
"A lady without a fortune is not the match for the first of gentlemen."
Money
"I am grieved beyond what words can express at such behaviour as this towards a relation."
Family
"You pierce my soul with such reflections."
Truth
"The improvement of my understanding, and then of my temper, is all that I shall endeavour."
"I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?"
"I dearly love a laugh."
Humor
"You appear to me, Mr. Bennet, to have been designing a compliment upon the difference of our ages."
"A man who has once been refused! How could he be so foolish?"
"That is as it happens. It does not necessarily follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours."
Philosophy
"I am convinced by you."
"You taught me to be ashamed of it."
Wisdom
"I have been a selfish being all my life."
"You shall hear me. My regard for you is not the regard of ordinary friendship."
Love
"Every moment of your absence, every letter I receive and every circumstance in your favour has been calculated to increase my conviction."
"Such a countenance, such manners, and above all such a mind."
Beauty
"I am not disposed to make them any answer."
"I am not the man I was."
Change
"You shall hear why. Insulted me in every possible method."
"I am grieved. I am shocked. But whether for you or myself, I do not know."
"The whole business of her life was to get her daughters married."
"Do not I know that with that fortune and those connections, you could not have obtained the acceptance which you wished for at Derbyshire?"
"I am not afraid of you."
Strength
"You cannot seriously expect me to be pleased by your behaviour."
"I love you. I am not asking you to reciprocate."
Love
"I ought to have persisted in my way, not to turn back."
"Let me be clear: I care nothing for your good opinion."