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

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Forgiveness Pride

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Elizabeth Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

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. 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.

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Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen
Source
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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

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Greece

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language
German
Time
1819 1810s 19th century
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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, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 298.

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
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We are Miracles
Medium
Comedy special
Genre
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Language
English
Time
2013 2010s 21st century
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Silverman, Sarah. Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles. HBO, 23 Nov. 2013.