Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, a small village in Hampshire, England, according to Jane Austen’s House. While we know about her family life and history—such as the fact that her father was a Church of England clergyman and that Austen attended the Reading Abbey House School for girls—many of her letters haven’t survived time, leaving a lot to be desired in regards to her personal thoughts and feelings. According to Britannica, only 160 letters out of thousands are around today.
Pride and Prejudice is a perfect example of this kind of writing, with the title giving way to the book's main themes. And today’s quote is from one of Elizabeth Bennet’s sisters, who explains that someone can be “proud without being vain,” and the difference between the two.
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This line is from one of Jane Austen’s most famous books: Pride and Prejudice. Specifically, it occurs at the end of Chapter 5, with Elizabeth Bennet’s younger sister, Mary, saying the quote.
This is in response to Charlotte Lucas stating that Mr. Darcy has a right to be proud and a bit pompous because he is a “very fine… young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favour…” Elizabeth Bennet replies that she agrees and that she would “easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
In a book titled Pride and Prejudice, it makes sense that the topic of “pride” and being proud of yourself comes up quite often. And Mr. Darcy’s pride is definitely a major topic of conversation, because he does have a lot of it. He appears snobby and classist, which almost gets in the way of making a love match with Elizabeth, the protagonist of the book.
Both Darcy and Elizabeth have to overcome their own prejudices—both inherent and against each other—to see what’s right in front of them. But there is also pride that gets in the way (and not just Darcy’s). But again, this quote is specifically in response to a conversation about his ego.
She then states the difference between being proud and vain: one relates to what we think of ourselves (pride), and the other is worried about what others think of us (vain). Vanity can come off as very pompous, though—and honestly, some aggressively proud people can also come off this way—which comes from that public, performative nature of that flaw.
And even though Mary does call it a “failing,” there is really nothing wrong with being proud of yourself, especially if you’ve accomplished something.
More Quotes from Jane Austen
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”“Angry people are not always wise.”“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”Up Next:
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