It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in... - 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."
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain."
"Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation."
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
"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."
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."