You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Forgiveness

Speaker

Mr. Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 15.

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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen
Source
Pride and Prejudice
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1813 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 3.

Another quote from the 1810s

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandias

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Arrogance Hubris

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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Source
Ozymandias
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." The Examiner. London: Leigh Hunt and John Hunt, 11 Jan. 1818, l. 11.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 11.

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Mistakes Forgiveness

Author

Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1711 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
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Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, l. 526.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 526.

Another quote of the following type Irony

Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Hector Berlioz

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Effects of time Time

Author

Hector Berlioz
Source
Letters of Hector Berlioz
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Irony
Language
French
Time
1856 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Berlioz, Hector. Personal letter. Nov. 1856.