Mr Collins quotes

Mr Collins

6 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

6 quotes
Jane Austen
Jane Austen Novelist

"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do."

Jane Austen
Jane Austen Novelist

"If you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. No, no, let me shift for myself; and, perhaps, if I have very good luck, I may meet with another Mr. Collins in time."

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