Pride and Prejudice

"I am not one of those gentlemen who will be deterred by the fear of incurring your displeasure."

"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."

"The improvement of your lovely sister must place her quite beyond the reach of those who had not the advantage of such early association."

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

"Let me be rightly understood. This match, to which you have the principal objection, I shall now mention no more."

"I believe you are naturally frank and honest, and have some amiable qualities; but you cannot feel what it is to have pride, or to wish for the esteem of a man whom you cannot help respecting."

"I am not afraid of you."

"Such is the fact, and you shall accept it."

"I could have forgiven his pride if it had not mortified mine."

"The wisest and the best of men—nay, the wisest and best of their actions—may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke."

"These offences might have been overlooked, had not your pride been hurt by my honest confession of the scruples that had long prevented my forming any serious design."

"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."

"Your defect is a propensity to hate everybody."

"You are too generous to trifle with me."

"It does not follow that I shall never laugh again."

"I cannot perfectly understand the delight of some of your sex in engaging in such an occupation."

"Without the encouragement you give me, I am not sure how long my perseverance could last."

"Do not be alarmed. You shall have all the tardiness and all the comfort."

"I have not the pleasure of understanding you."

"Compliments cost nothing and are therefore very easily dispensed."

"A man would always wish to give a woman the highest opinion of his love."

"I am as happy as I can expect to be."

"I might have felt almost anything under the circumstances, but as it is, I merely feel great astonishment."

"It does not follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours."

"You wish to think too highly of me; you will soon cease to do it, if you persist in this error."

"The arts are the glory of every age and country."

"Impudence is the quality I most object to in persons."

"I was taught what was proper; but I was not taught to govern my temper."

"We all have a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."

"I admire the elegance of your operation and the gentleness of your bearing."