Memorable Quotes from Robert Portal
6 quotesA Proposal to Preserve Family Reputation
Cedric
Miss Ivory, having carefully considered the advantages and disadvantages, I feel it is my duty to ask you to become my wife so that no man may say a Trilling child might be a bastard.
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Class Disdain and Intelligence Perception
Edward
I do so hate ordinary people.
Cedric
You mustn't hate them; they have smaller brains.
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Choices of Intelligence and Stupidity
Cedric
Do you make an effort to be stupid or does it come naturally?
Edward
Are those the only two choices?
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A Poetic Reflection on Marriage
Emily
Soon we will be man and wife.
Cedric
Or, as the poet Homer says...
[pompously]
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Desire and Rivalry Among Characters
Edward
What did he say?
Cedric
She's mine, I'll have her. And then the other one said: No, I want... I want to pierce, or otherwise penetrate, her.
[translating, consulting a dictionary]
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Admiration for Elegance and Poise
Cedric
There is something about her slim, elegant figure that rather reminds me of Edward....hmmmmmm.
[writing in his diary, recording his first impressions of Emily]
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