Wickham Quotes

“There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends - whether he may be equally capable of retaining them is less certain.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Listen to that voice that tells you not to trust someone, even though he's deliciously charming, remember Wickham and Willoughby and all those cads. And give another man a chance, even though he's not your usual type - remember Mr Knightly and Colonel Brandon and all those quiet heroes.”
― Menna van Praag, The Dress Shop of Dreams

“Honest men cannot be expected to anticipate the actions of scoundrels.”
― Mary Street, The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy

“When I left, Lydia was prattling about new clothes for her wedding and expressing her own
satisfaction that she, the youngest of the Bennet sisters, would be the first of them to be married.
Wickham smiled indulgently and said pretty things to her. I, disgusted with them both, was persuaded they deserved each other.”
― Mary Street, The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy

“No tenía carácter para hacer frente a aquella especie de competencia en que nos hallábamos y a la preferencia que su padre me dispensaba a menudo" - Wickham. Orgullo y Prejuicio.”
― Jane Austen

“Even as a child, I had a knack for picking the Wickham's out of a pile.”
― E.V. Hewitt, Stilettos For Me, Please!