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Family Quotes
"Go and see this Bingley if you must, though I warn you that none of our girls has much to recommend them; they are all silly and ignorant like their mother, the exception being Lizzy, who has some...
Lies & Deceit Quotes
When he and Darcy were both boys of no more than seven years, the elder Darcy had taken a keen interest in their training. One day, during a daybreak spar, the young Wickham landed a severe kick, w...
Love Quotes
Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger of falling in love, and wer...
Marriage Quotes
"Bingley. A single man of four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!" "How so? Can he train them in the ways of swordsmanship and musketry?" "How can you be so tiresom...
Society & Class Quotes
"If they had uncles enough to fill all Cheapside," cried Bingley, "it would not make them one jot less agreeable. Have you no regard for them as warriors? Indeed, I have never seen ladies so steady...
Strength & Skill Quotes
"Do not mistake my indulgence for a relaxation in discipline," said Mr. Bennet. "The girls shall continue their training as ever—Bingley or no Bingley." "Of course, of course!" cried Mrs. Be...
Violence Quotes
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. Never was this truth more plain than during the recent attacks at Netherfield Park, in w...
Women & Femininity Quotes
"In nine cases out of ten a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Bingley likes your sister undoubtedly; but he may never do more than like her, if she does not help him on.""But she...