Mr Knightley Quotes

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!

Faultless in spite of all her faults.

Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream.

A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.

Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.

Whom are you going to dance with?' asked Mr. Knightley. She hesitated a moment and then replied, 'With you, if you will ask me.' Will you?' said he, offering his hand. Indeed I will. You have shown that you can dance, and you know we are not really so much brother and sister as to make it at all improper.' Brother and sister! no, indeed.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.