Pride and prejudice quotes are collected from a novel set in a rural area in England wherein Mr. and Mrs. Bennet stay with their five daughters.
More than two hundred years ago, introduced the beloved novel Pride and Prejudice, which still holds its place as one of the most cherished English novels today.
The tale circles courage, inner strength, and the quest for genuine love, earning itself a dedicated fan following and creating numerous film adaptations over the years.
We’ve put together a collection of Pride and Prejudice quotes to keep you motivated and inspired.
Pride and Prejudice Quotes
People love Pride and Prejudice because it shows characters dealing with genuine flaws and emotions that hinder their happiness.
Throughout the story, these characters evolve, overcoming their initial biases about social class, wealth, and reputation. They learn to perceive others without letting their pride get in the way.
Here are a few Jane Austin quotations from Pride and Prejudice;
1. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” – Jane Austen.
2. “I have not the pleasure of understanding you.” – Jane Austen.
3. “Till this moment I never knew myself.” – Jane Austen.
4. “Angry people are not always wise.” – Jane Austen.
5. “I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine.” – Jane Austen.
6. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” – Jane Austen.
7. “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?” – Jane Austen.
8. “I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.”- Jane Austen.
9. “What are men to rocks and mountains?” – Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice Quotes
10. “Everything nourishes what is strong already” – Jane Austen.
11. “Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?” – Jane Austen.
12. “Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be proportional to what is required.” – Jane Austen.
13. “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 forever.” – Jane Austen.
Famous Pride and Prejudice Quotes
14. “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.
15. “Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.” – Jane Austen.
16. “I think I have heard you say, that their uncle is an attorney in Meryton.” – Jane Austen.
17. “I cannot believe that anyone can deserve you…but it appears I am overruled. So, I heartily give my consent.” – Mr. Bennet.
18. “Mr. Darcy: So what do you recommend to encourage affection? Elizabeth Bennet: Dancing. Even if one’s partner is barely tolerable.” – ‘Pride And Prejudice’.
19. “You have bewitched me body and soul. And I love…I love…I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.” – Mr. Darcy.
20. “Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins and I will never see you again if you do.” – Mr. Bennet.
21. “Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I shall end up an old maid,” – Elizabeth Bennet.
22. “A Mrs. Bennet, a Miss Bennet, a Miss Bennet, and a Miss Bennet, sir.” – Netherfield Butler.
23. “Elizabeth Bennet: I don’t understand Mr. Darcy: I love you…….Most Ardently Mr. Darcy: I love you… Most Ardently.” – ‘Pride And Prejudice’.
24. “Mr. Bingley is nothing to us. I am sure I never want to see him again. [about to walk away] Is it sure that he is coming.” – Mrs. Bennet.
25. “I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” ― Jane Austen.
26. “Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.” ― Jane Austen.
Quotes on Love and Marriage
27. “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” – Jane Austen.
28. “My good opinion once lost is lost forever.” ― Jane Austin. Pride and Prejudice Quotes
29. “We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you liked him.” ― Jane Austen.
30. “You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” ― Jane Austen.
31.”In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” – Jane Austen.
32. “What are young men to rocks and mountains?” – Jane Austen.
33. “Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.” – Jane Austen.
34. “You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way than as it spared me the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.” – Elizabeth Bennet.
35. “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 Quotes
36. “Is not general incivility the very essence of love?” – Jane Austen.
37. “Your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.” “And yours,” he replied with a smile, “is willfully to misunderstand them.” – Jane Austin.
38. “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.
Quotes on Happiness
39. “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.
40. “They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, felt, and said, for attention to other objects.” – Jane Austen.
41. “You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.” – Jane Austen.
42. “Nothing is more deceitful…than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” – Jane Austin.
43. “I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, and I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he can spare from me.” – Jane Austen.
44. “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.
45. “Pemberley Woods with some perturbation.” – Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice Quotes
46. “A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of.” – Jane Austen.
47. “He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman’s daughter. So far we are equal.” – Jane Austen.
48. “But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them forever.” – Jane Austen.
Pride and Prejudice Book Quotes
49. “But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them forever.” – Jane Austen.
50. “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything 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.
51. “If they had uncles enough to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make them one jot less agreeable.” – Jane Austen.
52. “I have an excessive regard for Jane Bennet, she is a very sweet girl, and I wish she were well settled with all my heart. But with such a father and mother, and such low connections, I am afraid there is no chance of it.” – Jane Austen.
53. “She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.” – Jane Austen.
54. “If I had ever learned, I should have been a great proficient.” – Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice Quotes
55. “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.
56. “A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.” – Jane Austen.
57. “Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.” – Jane Austen.
58. “There are few people whom I love, and still fewer of whom I think well. – Jane Austen.
59. “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.
Empowering Quotes
60. “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 Quotes
61. “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.
62. “However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the may be on his first entering a neighborhood.” – Jane Austen.
63. “He is also handsome,” replied Elizabeth, “which a young man ought likewise to be if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete.” – Jane Austen.
64. “The distance is nothing when one has a motive.” – Jane Austen.
65. “Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.” – Jane Austen.
66. “The distance is nothing when one has a motive.” ―
67. “Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.”―
68. “He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman’s daughter. So far we are equal.” ―
69. “We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you liked him.” ―
70. “My good opinion once lost is lost forever.” ―
71. “Till this moment I never knew myself.” ―
72. “You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” ―
Quotes on Pride and Vanity
73. “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?” ―
74. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love” ―
75. “I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”―
76. “I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine.” ―
77. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” ―
78. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ―
79. “Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of, and it gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.” – Mr. Bennet
80. “Do anything rather than marry without affection.” – Jane Bennet
81. “Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride—where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.” – Darcy
82.“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.” – Mary Bennet
The lesson Elizabeth discovers throughout the book is hinted at in this remark on a deeper level.
She takes great satisfaction in her ability to observe, which gives her “prejudiced” judgments, and she most definitely doesn’t think Mr. Darcy will ever change.
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