That's one of the things we like about Period Dramas, isn't it? The great scripts and witty quotes that somehow creep into our daily lives? Of course it is! Here are some of the witty quotes that I find particularly witty.
"No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!" - William Wilberforce
"I am a great sinner and Christ is a great savior." - John Newton
Cranford
Doctor Harrison: Nothing like this is ever done in London
Deborah: You're not in London, Doctor Harrison... You're in Cranford now.
"Let me see you ride a donkey over my green again, and I'll knock your bonnet off. --And tread upon it!" - Betsey Trotwood (Thanks, Melody from Regency Delight)
Downton Abbey
"We all have chapters that we would rather keep unpublished." - Robert Crawley
"So put that in your pipe and smoke it." - Lady Violet
Lark Rise to Candleford
"Right's right, and wrong ain't right." - Mr. Paxton, owner of the Wagon and Horses
"Young Alf, can I borrow your hat? I'm gonna do my trick for our squire, the one where I make my hat disappear, and it ain't anywhere to be found." - Twister Turrill
"Young Alf, can I borrow your hat? I'm gonna do my trick for our squire, the one where I make my hat disappear, and it ain't anywhere to be found." - Twister Turrill
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Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Miss Bingley: I believe I can guess your thoughts at this moment.
Mr. Darcy: I should imagine not.
Miss Bingley: You are thinking how insupportable it would be to spend many evenings in such tedious company.
Mr. Darcy: No, indeed, my mind was more agreeably engaged. I've been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.
Miss Bingley: And may one dare ask whose the eyes that inspire these reflections?
Mr. Darcy: Miss Elizabeth Bennet's.
Miss Bingley: Miss Elizabeth Bennet. I am all astonishment.
Mr. Darcy: I should imagine not.
Miss Bingley: You are thinking how insupportable it would be to spend many evenings in such tedious company.
Mr. Darcy: No, indeed, my mind was more agreeably engaged. I've been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.
Miss Bingley: And may one dare ask whose the eyes that inspire these reflections?
Mr. Darcy: Miss Elizabeth Bennet's.
Miss Bingley: Miss Elizabeth Bennet. I am all astonishment.
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Elinor Dashwood: Margaret has always wanted to travel.
Edward Ferrars: I know. She's heading an expedition to China shortly. I'm to go as her servant. But only on the understanding that I am to be very badly treated.
Elinor Dashwood: What will your duties be?
Edward Ferrars: Sword fighting, obviously, administering rum and swabbing.
Elinor Dashwood: And which of these will take precedence?
Edward Ferrars: Swabbing, I imagine.
Edward Ferrars: I know. She's heading an expedition to China shortly. I'm to go as her servant. But only on the understanding that I am to be very badly treated.
Elinor Dashwood: What will your duties be?
Edward Ferrars: Sword fighting, obviously, administering rum and swabbing.
Elinor Dashwood: And which of these will take precedence?
Edward Ferrars: Swabbing, I imagine.
Elinor Dashwood: I do not attempt to deny that I think very highly of him - that I greatly esteem him... I like him.
Marianne Dashwood: Esteem him? Like him? Use those insipid words again and I shall leave the room this instant.
What did you think about the quotes? Are there any of your favorites that you didn't see? Suggest your favorite quotes in a comment. I'll include them for the conclusion of Period Drama Week! I didn't have as many quotes here as I would have liked, so keep the suggestions coming!
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