Quotes from Pride and Prejudice (1940)
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Lydia Bennet:
Has anybody heard how Jane is this morning?
Mrs. Bennet: Eh, Mr. Bingley sent a note over by his groom. She's much better. Such a happy idea of mine sending her off in the rain. Mr. Bennet: Yes, but to Jane must go all the credit for having caught the cold, my dear.
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Edmund Gwenn
(as Mr. Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Elizabeth Bennet:
I tremble and obey.
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Greer Garson
(as Elizabeth Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Elizabeth Bennet:
Oh Mr. Darcy, Miss Bingley here is eager for her lesson. I hope you will enjoy it, Miss Bingley, and that you will learn to direct your darts with greater accuracy.
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Greer Garson
(as Elizabeth Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Elizabeth Bennett:
How clever of you, Miss Bingley, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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Greer Garson
(as Elizabeth Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Elizabeth Bennett:
Oh, if you want to be really refined, you have to be dead. There's no one as dignified as a mummy
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Greer Garson
(as Elizabeth Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Mrs. Bennet:
Look at them! Five of them without dowries. What's to become of them?
Mr. Bennet: Yes, what's to become of the wretched creatures? Perhaps we should have drowned some of them at birth.
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Edmund Gwenn
(as Mr. Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Mr. Darcy:
I have made the mistake of being honest with you.
Elizabeth Bennet: Honesty is a greatly overrated virtue. Silence in this case would have been more agreeable.
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Greer Garson
(as Elizabeth Bennet)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Mr. Darcy:
I rather admired what you did this afternoon Miss Elizabeth. Your resentment of what you believe to be an injustice showed courage and loyalty. I could wish i might possess a friend who would defend me as ably as Mr. Wickham was defended today.
Elizabeth Bennett: At this moment it's difficult to believe that you're so proud. Mr. Darcy: At this moment it's difficult to believe that you're so prejudiced.
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Laurence Olivier
(as Mr. Darcy)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Mr. Darcy:
Yes, she looks tolerable enough, but I am in no humor tonight to give consequence to the middle classes at play.
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Laurence Olivier
(as Mr. Darcy)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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Mr. Darcy:
You must allow me to tell you how much I admire and love you.
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Laurence Olivier
(as Mr. Darcy)
in
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
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