Quotes by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him."

"You have delighted us long enough."

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."

"You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."

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