I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Forgiveness Pride

Speaker

Elizabeth Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 5.

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Another quote by Jane Austen

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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Topic
Forgiveness
Speaker
Mr. Bennet

Author

Jane Austen
Source
Pride and Prejudice
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1813 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
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.

Another quote from the 1810s

The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The World as Will and Idea

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Talent Genius

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer
Source
The World as Will and Idea
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1819 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung [The World as Will and Imagination]. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1819.

Current Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. The World as Will and Representation, edited by Christopher Janaway, translated by Judith Norman and Alistair Welchman. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Another quote about Forgiveness

You're born a sinner. By being born you are a sinner and you're going to hell. But you can just apologize and then you can go to heaven. No big deal. If you're a murderer—same thing, it's just apologize and go to heaven.

Sarah Silverman

We are Miracles

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Original sin Forgiveness Salvation Christianity
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Sarah Silverman
Source
We are Miracles
Medium
Comedy special
Genre
Comedy (stand up)
Language
English
Time
2013 2010s 21st century
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Citation

Silverman, Sarah. Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles. HBO, 23 Nov. 2013.