Quotes About Insight

In essentials I believe Mr. Darcy is very much what he ever was. When I said that he improved on acquaintance, I did not mean that either his mind or manners were in a state of improvement. But that from knowing him better his disposition was better understood.

Comment, avec votre bon sens, pouvez-vous être aussi loyalement aveuglée sur la sottise d'autrui ? Il n'y a que vous qui ayez assez de candeur pour ne voir jamais chez les gens que leur bon côté...

the art of knowing our own nothingness beyond our own circle

Pese a esta experiencia creía que iba a tener que pasar por una nueva y necesaria lección en el arte de aprender lo poca cosa que somos fuera de nuestro propio círculo.

Elizabeth Bennet: I'm very fond of walking. Mr. Darcy: Yes... yes I know. (from Pride & Prejudice, the movie)

Hepimiz ders vermeyi severiz fakat yaln?zca bilinmeye deÄŸer olmayan konular? öÄŸretebiliriz.

Angry people are not often wise.

I do not know where the error lies. I do not pretend to set people right, but I do see they are often wrong.

O Sr. Bennet era um misto tão extraordinário de petulância, sarcasmo, reserva e capricho que a experiência de vinte e três anos não bastara ainda para a a mulher compreender o seu carácter.

You judge very properly, and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?

Well, we must live and learn.

I do not know where the error lies. I do not pretend to set people right, but I do see that they are often wrong.

Oh! it is only a novel! ... only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;' or, in short, only some work in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.

We will know where we have gone - we will recollect what we have seen.

What do you think of books? said he, smiling.

she read on; but every line proved

What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you I was properly humbled.

ese algo propicio que sirve de consuelo a todos los que cierran los ojos cuando miran, o el entendimiento cuando razonan.

La sagesse est préférable à l'esprit, et sur le long terme, c'est elle qui aura le dernier mot.

Well, I cannot understand it.' 'That is the case with us all, papa. One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

She expected from other people the same opinions and feelings as her own, and she judged of their motives by the immediate effect of their actions on herself.

En ciertos casos he dado muestras de total incomprensión respecto de algunas personas, teniendo a muchos por más alegres, más graves o más estúpidos de lo que realmente son; aunque no puedo precisar de qué circunstancia deriva el error. Unas veces nos guiamos en tales materias por lo que ellos mismos dicen, otras por lo que afirman los demás; el hecho es que no nos tomamos el trabajo de observar por nosotros mismos.

Esto es algo más que el descubrimiento de un documento, es el descubrimiento de una inspiración.

Since her being at Lambton, she had heard that Miss Darcy was exceedingly proud; but the observation of a very few minutes convinced her that she was only exceedingly shy.