MOTIVE in Classic Quotes

1  'My motive for cautioning you is as follows.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 57

2  Elizabeth told her the motives of her secrecy.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 59

3  The distance is nothing when one has a motive; only three miles.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

4  If he had another motive, I am sure it would never disgrace him.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 52

5  No motive can excuse the unjust and ungenerous part you acted there.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 34

6  This has been my motive, my fair cousin, and I flatter myself it will not sink me in your esteem.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19

7  But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44

8  Elizabeth now expected that she would produce a letter for her from Charlotte, as it seemed the only probable motive for her calling.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 56

9  Not to appear to disgrace his family, to degenerate from the popular qualities, or lose the influence of the Pemberley House, is a powerful motive.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16

10  Miss Bingley, however, was incapable of disappointing Mr. Darcy in anything, and persevered therefore in requiring an explanation of his two motives.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11

11  He thought too well of himself to comprehend on what motives his cousin could refuse him; and though his pride was hurt, he suffered in no other way.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20

12  If I have wounded your sister's feelings, it was unknowingly done and though the motives which governed me may to you very naturally appear insufficient, I have not yet learnt to condemn them.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35

13  The motive professed was his conviction of its being owing to himself that Wickham's worthlessness had not been so well known as to make it impossible for any young woman of character to love or confide in him.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 52

14  But from the severity of that blame which was last night so liberally bestowed, respecting each circumstance, I shall hope to be in the future secured, when the following account of my actions and their motives has been read.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35

15  He was directly invited to join their party, but he declined it, observing that he could imagine but two motives for their choosing to walk up and down the room together, with either of which motives his joining them would interfere.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11

16  His behaviour to herself could now have had no tolerable motive; he had either been deceived with regard to her fortune, or had been gratifying his vanity by encouraging the preference which she believed she had most incautiously shown.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 36

17  And in the wretched state of his own finances, there was a very powerful motive for secrecy, in addition to his fear of discovery by Lydia's relations, for it had just transpired that he had left gaming debts behind him to a very considerable amount.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 48