Pride and Prejudice Quotes

Context

This quote is spoken by Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (1813).

Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth Bennet, and she rejects him in no uncertain terms, throwing all kinds of evidence in his face about what a jerk he is. Mr. Darcy goes home and writes her a letter refuting the arguments he believes to be false and owning up to some of his actions.

A big part of the letter concerns his relationship with Mr. Wickham, whom all the Bennet girls have been crushing on. As Elizabeth reads the letter, she realizes Mr. Darcy's version of events has to be the correct one and Mr. Wickham is a liar-liar-pants-on-fire. She's ashamed of herself and realizes she's been blindly accepting Mr. Wickham's stories while being super prejudiced against anything Mr. Darcy says or does.

Where you've heard it

On any of the multiple versions and renditions of Pride and Prejudice.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Anytime you quote a classic novel, people are going to give you some pretentiousness points. But this particular quote says you've been an idiot, so that knocks a few points off the total.