“One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.” GoodnessAppearanceMismanagement Author:Elizabeth Bennett
“I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. I am perfectly serious in my refusal. You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who could make you so.” IfsWorldLastsYoungChanceRiskSeriousPrejudiceConvincedDaringRefusalMake Me HappyYoung Ladies Author:Elizabeth Bennett
“We do not suffer by accident. It does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of independent fortune to think no more of a girl whom he was violently in love with only a few days before.” ThinkingMenDoeHappensYoungSufferingGirlIndependentFortuneAccidentsYoung ManInterference Author:Elizabeth Bennett
“Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I shall end up an old maid.” EndsMaidsMatrimonyOld MaidsDeepest Love Author:Elizabeth Bennett
