10 mind-blowing quotes from 'Pride and Prejudice' every Nigerian can relate to

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December 17, 2015 1:03 PM

“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”

Jane Austen

Do you know that it on this day in history that Jane Austen, Award-winning English novelist and one of the most widely read writers in English literature was born?

Fondly describes as the queen of romantic fiction, Jane Austen's thoughts on love, marriage, and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

Here are some advice from her classic novel 'Pride and Prejudice' Nigerians can relate to:

1.“Angry people are not always wise.”

2. “Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”

3. "The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.”

4. “My good opinion once lost is lost forever.” \

5. “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”

6. “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

7. “Our scars make us know that our past was for real”

8. “Do anything rather than marry without affection.”

9. “Think only of the past as its remembrance give you pleasure”

10. “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”