It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice More Quotes by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice More Quotes From Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice You have delighted us long enough. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Excuse me, for I must speak plainly. If you, my dear father, will not take the trouble of checking her exuberant spirits, and of teaching her that her present pursuits are not to be the business of her life, she will soon be beyond the reach of amendment. Her character will be fixed, and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself or her family ridiculous; a flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation; without any attraction beyond youth and a tolerable person; and, from the ignorance Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? 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 Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. 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. 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
