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Pride and Prejudice Quotes

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger, security for happiness. - Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice Quotes)

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger, security for happiness.

Source:(ed. Penguin Books, 2006), Volume II, Chapter 1, Page 154
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Jane Austen - Book Quotes
  • Book: Pride and Prejudice
  • Writer: Jane Austen
  • Genre: Classics, Romance, Historical Fiction
  • Published: 1813
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