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No more have I," said Mr. Bennet; "and I am glad to find that you do not depend on her serving you." Mrs. Bennet deigned

She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.

Pride," observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, "is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

wish to think all the world respectable, and are hurt if I speak ill of anybody. I only want to think YOU perfect, and you set yourself against it.

If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield," said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, "and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing

I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole morning to answering it, as I foresee that a little writing will not comprise what I have to tell you.

Pride is a very common failing I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is ver common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." "My

pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgement

No me supone ningún sacrificio aceptar ocasionalmente compromisos para la noche. Todos nos debemos a la sociedad, y confieso que soy de los que consideran que los intervalos de recreo y esparcimiento son recomendables para todo el mundo" - Mary

the idea; but, recovering herself, said in a lively tone, "And pray, what is the usual price of an earl's younger son? Unless the elder brother is very sickly, I suppose you would not ask above fifty thousand pounds." He answered her in the same style, and the subject dropped. To interrupt a silence which might make him fancy her affected with what had passed, she soon afterwards said:

Sono poche le persone che io amo per davvero e ancora meno quelle delle quali io penso bene. Più conosco il mondo, più ne sono disgustata; e ogni giorno conferma la mia convinzione dell'incoerenza del carattere umano, e della poca fiducia che possiamo riporre in tutto ciò che può apparire merito o intelligenza.

Son muy pocas personas a las que quiero de verdad, y todavía menos aquéllas de las que tengo buena opinión.

You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them. Had you not been really amiable, you would have hated me for it; but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. There—I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. To be sure, you knew no actual good of me—but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love." "Was

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of, and it gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.

It will be her turn soon to be teased," said Miss Lucas. "I am going to open the instrument, Eliza, and you know

humour

სიამაყე ძალიან გავრცელებული სისუსტეა

no tenía dónde caerse muerto.

loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.

Del pasado no tiene usted que recordar más que lo placentero.

El ceder sin convicción no habla en favor del entendimiento de ninguno de los dos .

And is this all?" cried Elizabeth. "I expected at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter.

A poca gente quiero de verdad, y de muy pocos tengo buen concepto. Cuanto más conozco el mundo, más me desagrada, y el tiempo me confirma mi creencia en la inconsistencia del carácter humano, y en lo poco que se puede uno fiar de las apariencias de bondad o inteligencia.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. If

... a whole day’s tête-à-tête between two women can never end without a quarrel.

Thế giới này có nhiều phụ nữ chỉ đáng khen ở chỗ đan ví tiền hay giăng màn cửa. Nhưng tôi không đồng ý lắm về cách đánh giá phụ nữ của anh. Trong tất cả những người tôi quen, tôi không thể nói khoác rằng biết hơn nửa tá phụ nữ toàn tài.Cô Bingley nói thêm:- Tôi cũng không, tôi chắc như thế.- Thế thì , anh hẳn phải lĩnh hội rất thấu đáo trong ý nghĩa của anh về một người phụ nữ toàn tài. – Elizabeth nhận xét.- Vâng đích thực là tôi biết rất rõ về vấn đề này.Anh trợ lý trung thành của Darcy thốt lên:- À! Đúng vậy rồi. Không ai có thể được coi là toàn vẹn nếu họ không vượt qua những gì họ thường phải đối diện.

My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?" was a question which Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered their room, and from all the others when they sat down to table. She had only to say in reply, that they had wandered about, till she was beyond her own knowledge. She coloured as she spoke; but neither that, nor anything else, awakened a suspicion of the truth. The evening

proper attention and management, less irritable, less

It is a compliment which I never pay to any place

I am sick of Mr. Bingley," cried his wife.

Sé que usted desea que diga que sí para gozar el placer de despreciar mi gusto; pero una de mis aficiones es impedir tales bochornos y defraudar a aquellos que pretenden despreciarme.

and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.

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Pride is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.

¡Què agradable es pasar la tarde así!En mi opinión, no hay mayor placer que la lectura. En compañía de un libro uno se aburre mucho menos. Cuando tenga casa propia me creeré muy desgraciada si no poseo una excelente biblioteca.

very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

Mrs. Bennet was beyond the reach of reason, and she continued to rail bitterly against the cruelty of settling an estate away from a family of five daughters, in favour of a man whom nobody cared anything about.

–Creo que en todo individuo hay cierta tendencia a un determinado mal, a un defecto innato, que ni siquiera la mejor educación puede vencer.

quite

Perhaps it will be as well if you discourage his coming here so very often. At least, you should not remind your mother of inviting him." "As

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.

He began to wish to know more of her, and as a step towards conversing with her himself, attended to her conversation with others.

Nuestra costumbre de gastar nos hace demasiado dependientes" Darcy

You must not be too severe upon yourself," replied Elizabeth. Say nothing of that. Who should suffer but myself? It has been my own doing, and I ought to feel it." You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it! No, Lizzy, let me once in my life feel how much I have been to blame. I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. It will pass away soon enough.

Elizabeth made no answer, and walked on, her heart swelling with indignation. After watching her a little, Fitzwilliam asked her why she was so thoughtful.

Men of sense do not want silly wives.

I do think it is the hardest thing in the world, that your estate should be entailed away from your own children; and I am sure, if I had been you, I should have tried long ago to do something or other about it." Jane and Elizabeth tried to explain to her the nature of an entail.

No podía dejar de mirar a Darcy con frecuencia, aunque cada mirada la convencía más

If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him;