Jane Austen’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’ was originally published in 1813.
The story follows the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, as she navigates social standards and expectations in early nineteenth-century England.
We have listed some of the top quotes from Pride and Prejudice book for you.
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Pride and Prejudice Quotes by Jane Austen
“What are men to rocks and mountains?” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.” ~ Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice.
“A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Every savage can dance.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“We do not suffer by accident.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
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Best Pride and Prejudice Quotes by Jane Austen
“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Nothing is more deceitful,” said Darcy, “than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Is not general incivility the very essence of love?” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.” ― Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
“Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! – When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I have not the pleasure of understanding you.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman’s daughter. So far we are equal.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
Quotes from Pride and Prejudice
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Angry people are not always wise.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
Top Pride and Prejudice Quotes
“She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Till this moment I never knew myself.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Obstinate, headstrong girl!” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
Powerful Pride and Prejudice Quotes
“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,” said Darcy, “of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride – where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
Popular Pride and Prejudice Quotes
“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“It’s been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
“Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?” ~ Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
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