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We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
Pride and Prejudice
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Pride and Prejudice
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
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.
Pride and Prejudice
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
Persuasion
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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