Pride And Prejudice Quotes

~ My mind was becoming polarized by the contemplation of one object, success, and to it, human ties were unconsciously being sacrificed. {American Winston Churchill, a Far Country}

-Neither can I look on with a complacent eye at the sad spectacle of your young clerical friend, the Reverend Mr Uttermost Farthing, abandoning himself to such gambols and appearing the role of ‘life and soul’ of the evening. Such a degradation of his holy calling grieves me, and I cannot but suspect him of ulterior motives. {Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses} (ulterior motive = you do something partly because you think you will get some advantage from doing it {Macmillan Dictionaries}/ you believe that they have a hidden reason for doing it {Collins Dictionaries}/

{Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice} (Intentionally, on purpose/ with a deliberate or express purpose /deliberately/ intentionally/ knowingly/ wittingly/ expressly/ on purpose/ with intent/ calculatedly/ by design)

-She strides through empty rooms looking purposeful, with guns in her little hands (Having or manifesting purpose/determined/ focused determined/ decisive/ resolute/ firm/ fixed/ decided/ persistent/ strong-minded/ single-minded/ unwavering/ dogged/ indomitable/ untiring/ controlled/

They bought a dinner for sixteen on the strength of it. {Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses} (Because of the support of something, such as a promise or evidence; due to something / you do it because you are influenced by them {Farlex}/ because of/ on the basis of/ on account of/ by reason of/ due to/ by virtue of/ notwithstanding/ in view of)

~ On the strength of my testimony, my case was dismissed.

~ And in choosing between them (the SS man and the rent collector), one chooses not so much on the strength of what they now are as of what they are capable of becoming. {George Orwell}

~ Even at the time, he had thought it strange that, on the strength of a single evening spent together, Nutty should have invited a total stranger to make an indefinite visit to his home. {PG Wodehouse}

~ He was hired on the strength of his communication skills.

~ Given the fact how egregious this crime was, she will never see freedom again. {ID.}

~ Discounts are based on the strength of the quantities you purchase. (On the basis of /depends on how much you buy/ the more you buy the more you get/ volume/ size/ bulk/ capacity/ by dint of/ by means of/ by force