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

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Topic

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

Jane Austen

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Dancing Falling in love

Author

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

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Doubt and skepticism

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1819 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, edited by Peter Hutchinson, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Penguin Classics, 1999, no. 281.

Another quote about Forgiveness

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:24

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Topic
Prodigal son Forgiveness Reconciliation
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
61 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 15:24).