There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense
Married women, you know, may be safely authorised. It is my party. Leave it all to me. I will invite your guests.""No," he calmly replied, there is but one married woman in the world whom I can ever allow to invite what guests she pleases to Donwell, and that one is-""Mrs. Weston, I suppose," interrupted Mrs. Elton, rather mortified."No, Mrs. Knightley; and, till she is in being, I will manage such matters myself.
Married women, you know, may be safely authorised. It is my party. Leave it all to me. I will invite your guests.""No," he calmly replied, "there is but one married woman in the world whom I can ever allow to invite what guests she pleases to Donwell, and that one is-""Mrs. Weston, I suppose," interrupted Mrs. Elton, rather mortified."No, Mrs. Knightley; and, till she is in being, I will manage such matters myself.
<>rispose Darcy << non ho mai avanzato una simile pretesa. Ho sicuramente delle mancanze, anche se non di ordine intellettuale, spero. Quanto al carattere, invece, non ci giurerei. Credo che sia troppo poco arrendevole, certo troppo poco per piacere a tutti. Non riesco a dimenticare le sciocchezze e idifetti degli altri in fretta come dovrei, nè le offese che ricevo. I miei sentimenti non si infiammano a ogni piccolo sforzo per suscitarli.Ho un carattere forse incline al risentimento: persa una volta , la mia stima è persa per sempre. >>