Step into the elegant world of Jane Austen with our collection of Pride and Prejudice quotes.
If you’re a literature lover, a student seeking insight, or a romantic at heart, these quotes capture the wit, charm, and depth of Austen’s classic.
From timeless lines on love and marriage to the most famous quotes spoken by Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.
Darcy, this page curates the best moments from the novel and film adaptation.
Discover the emotional layers and social truths hidden within Austen’s words, all sorted with meaning and style for easy reference and inspiration.
Best Pride and Prejudice Quotes
- 💬 It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife
- 💬 Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously
- 💬 I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine
- 💬 You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you
- 💬 My good opinion once lost is lost forever
- 💬 I am not afraid of you
- 💬 Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure
- 💬 We are all fools in love
- 💬 Do anything rather than marry without affection
- 💬 A lady’s imagination is very rapid
- 💬 Till this moment I never knew myself
- 💬 You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer
- 💬 I have courted prepossession and ignorance
- 💬 He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter
- 💬 There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened
Famous Pride and Prejudice Quotes
- 🌟 You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you
- 🌟 I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine
- 🌟 It is a truth universally acknowledged
- 🌟 My good opinion once lost is lost forever
- 🌟 There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil
- 🌟 I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun
- 🌟 I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words
- 🌟 We are all fools in love
- 🌟 You have bewitched me, body and soul
- 🌟 She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me
- 🌟 I have been most cruelly used
- 🌟 The distance is nothing when one has a motive
- 🌟 You are too generous to trifle with me
- 🌟 From the very beginning—almost as soon as I entered the house—I singled you out
- 🌟 My affections and wishes are unchanged
Pride and Prejudice Quotes About Love
- ❤️ You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you
- ❤️ You have bewitched me, body and soul
- ❤️ I love you most ardently
- ❤️ I never wish to be parted from you from this day on
- ❤️ A lady’s imagination is very rapid
- ❤️ You are too generous to trifle with me
- ❤️ I am perfectly serious in my refusal
- ❤️ In vain have I struggled. It will not do
- ❤️ My affections and wishes are unchanged
- ❤️ If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once
- ❤️ I cannot fix on the moment when I first noticed you
- ❤️ The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it
- ❤️ Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you
- ❤️ It was the hope of affecting you
- ❤️ I am the happiest creature in the world
Pride and Prejudice Quotes Movie
- 🎬 You must know… surely, you must know, it was all for you
- 🎬 You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love… I love… I love you
- 🎬 I could more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine
- 🎬 I do not have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met before
- 🎬 I’m very fond of walking
- 🎬 I’m not afraid of you
- 🎬 I am most seriously displeased
- 🎬 I’m sorry, I was very wrong to think so
- 🎬 You’re the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry
- 🎬 We are all fools in love
- 🎬 My good opinion once lost is lost forever
- 🎬 I thought she was tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me
- 🎬 You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy
- 🎬 He likes to have the distinction of rank preserved
- 🎬 I cannot bear to hear that mentioned again
Pride and Prejudice Quotes With Page Numbers
- 📘 Page 1 – It is a truth universally acknowledged…
- 📘 Page 23 – I could easily forgive his pride…
- 📘 Page 59 – You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you
- 📘 Page 74 – My good opinion once lost is lost forever
- 📘 Page 82 – I was in the middle before I knew I had begun
- 📘 Page 105 – A lady’s imagination is very rapid
- 📘 Page 113 – I am perfectly serious in my refusal
- 📘 Page 132 – My affections and wishes are unchanged
- 📘 Page 141 – You are too generous to trifle with me
- 📘 Page 155 – You have bewitched me, body and soul
- 📘 Page 167 – Till this moment I never knew myself
- 📘 Page 178 – Do not consider me now as an elegant female
- 📘 Page 193 – In vain have I struggled. It will not do
- 📘 Page 215 – I am the happiest creature in the world
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Quotes
- 🖋️ Vanity and pride are different things
- 🖋️ I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine
- 🖋️ In vain have I struggled. It will not do
- 🖋️ My good opinion once lost is lost forever
- 🖋️ There is a stubbornness about me
- 🖋️ Till this moment I never knew myself
- 🖋️ You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you
- 🖋️ Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure
- 🖋️ We are all fools in love
- 🖋️ Do anything rather than marry without affection
- 🖋️ The distance is nothing when one has a motive
- 🖋️ You have bewitched me, body and soul
- 🖋️ A lady’s imagination is very rapid
- 🖋️ I am determined that nothing but the deepest love would induce me to marry
Pride and Prejudice Quotes About Marriage
- 💍 Do anything rather than marry without affection
- 💍 Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance
- 💍 I ask only a comfortable home
- 💍 I would never act against my conscience
- 💍 I am not romantic, you know
- 💍 An unhappy alternative is before you
- 💍 I am perfectly serious in my refusal
- 💍 Marriage had always been her object
- 💍 I am the happiest creature in the world
- 💍 You’re the last man in the world I could ever marry
- 💍 You are too hasty, sir
- 💍 Affection is desirable, money still more so
Pride and Prejudice Quotes You Have Bewitched Me
- 💖 You have bewitched me, body and soul
- 💖 I love, I love, I love you
- 💖 I never wish to be parted from you
- 💖 In vain have I struggled
- 💖 My affections and wishes are unchanged
- 💖 From the very beginning, you have enchanted me
- 💖 I cannot fix on the hour I fell in love
- 💖 You are too generous to trifle with me
- 💖 I was in the middle before I knew I had begun
- 💖 It was all for you
- 💖 You are the one I’ve always wanted
- 💖 I’m sorry, I was wrong to think so
- 💖 I had not known myself
- 💖 You are everything to me
- 💖 You make me forget every pride I had
Conclusion
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice continues to charm readers with its rich insights into love, character, and societal norms.
These carefully chosen quotes reveal the enduring power of her storytelling, reminding us of the emotional complexities behind every glance and conversation.
If you’re revisiting the novel or discovering it for the first time, these quotes bring Austen’s world vividly to life.
