老庄园主去世后，可怜的母女四人被长子逐出了庄园。靠着亲戚的帮助，她们在一处小小的农舍安顿下来。势力眼的长嫂未曾想到的是，她的弟弟爱德华（休·格兰特 饰）爱上了三姐妹中的大姐埃莉诺（艾玛·汤普森 饰）。理智的埃莉诺尽管也倾心于爱德华，却顾及两人地位的悬殊而努力克制着自己的感情。 
　　与此同时，妹妹玛丽安娜（凯特·温丝莱特 饰）和英俊的军官威罗比（格雷·怀斯 饰）陷入热恋。情感外露的玛丽安娜热情奔放的释放着自己对威罗比的爱慕，甚至不顾及伤害追求者布兰登（艾伦·瑞克曼 饰）上校的感情。未曾想，威罗比为人不正，根本没有把玛丽安娜的感情真正放在心上。两个姐妹的感情相继陷入了危机。 
　　性格迥异的两姐妹谁能得到真正的爱情，如愿以偿呢？母女四人又该如何走出生活的困境呢？

1.Live without pretending; Love without depending; Listen without defending; Speak without offending.

生活中不刻意伪装，爱情里不过度依赖，倾听时不着急辩解，说话时不有意冒犯。

2.It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return,but what is the most painful is to love someone and never finding the courage to let the person know how you feel.

爱上一个不爱自己的人是痛苦的，但最痛苦的，莫过于你所爱的那个人并不知道你爱他，而你也没有勇气让他知道。

3.When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

当你遭遇苦难，幸福总会在某处停靠。

4.Honestly I don't have time to hate people who hate me, because I'm too busy loving people who love me .

说实话，我没时间去讨厌那些讨厌我的人，因为我在忙着爱那些爱着我的人。

5.The biggest enemy in love is not the intruder but the time.

在爱情中，我们的最大敌人不是第三者，而是时间。

6.May your love soar on the wings of a dove in flight.愿你的爱乘着飞翔的白鸽，展翅高飞。

7.She who has never loved, has never lived.人活着总要爱一回。

8.Life is the flower for which love is the honey.生命如花，爱情是蜜。

9.No words are necessary between two loving hearts.两颗相爱的心之间不需要言语。

10.Precious things are very few in this world. That is the reason there is just one you.在这世上珍贵的东西总是罕有，所以这世上只有一个你。

11.If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.假如每次想起你我都会得到一朵鲜花，那么我将永远在花丛中徜徉。

12.Within you I lose myself, without you I find myself wanting to be lost again.有了你，我迷失了自我。失去你，我多么希望自己再度迷失。

13.At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.每一个沐浴在爱河中的人都是诗人。

14.Look into my eyes - you will see what you mean to me.看看我的眼睛，你会发现你对我而言意味着什么。

15.I need him like I need the air to breathe.我需要他，正如我需要呼吸空气。

16.Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.在爱人眼里，一千里的旅程不过一里。

17.Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.爱比大衣更能驱走寒冷。

18.Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.没有了爱，地球便成了坟墓。

19.My heart is with you.我的爱与你同在。

20.I miss you so much already and I haven't even left yet!尽管还不曾离开，我已对你朝思暮想!

21.I'll think of you every step of the way.我会想你，在漫漫长路的每一步。

22.Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.无论你身在何处，无论你为何忙碌，我都会在此守候。

23.Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.热烈的爱情是不可抑制的渴望。

24.Every day without you is like a book without pages.没有你的日子就像一本没有书页的书。

25.Love is hard to get into, but harder to get out of.爱很难投入，但一旦投入，便更难走出。

26.Where there is love, there are always wishes.哪里有爱，哪里就有希望。

27.You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.你不会因为美丽去爱一个女人，但她却会因为你的爱而变得美丽。

28.Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.爱是永恒的，外表可能改变，但本质永远不变。

29.Love is not a matter of counting the days. It's making the days count.爱情不是数着日子过去，它让每个日子都变得有意义。

30.With the wonder of your love, the sun above always shines.拥有你美丽的爱情，太阳就永远明媚。

31.Love is a fabric that nature wove and fantasy embroidered.爱情是一方织巾，用自然编织，用幻想点缀。

32.First love is unforgettable all one's life.初恋是永生难忘的。

33.In the very smallest cot there is room enough for a loving pair.哪怕是最小的茅舍，对一对恋人来说都有足够的空间。

34.Love without end hath no end.情绵绵，爱无边。

35.Love's tongue is in the eyes.爱情的话语全在双眼之中。

36.In love folly is always sweet.恋爱中，干傻事总是让人感到十分美妙。

37.There is no hiding from lover's eyes.什么也瞒不过恋人的眼睛。

38.The only present love demands is love.爱所祈求的唯一礼物就是爱。

39.You make my heart smile.www.yikexun.cn我的心因你而笑。

40.The road to a lover's house is never long.通往爱人家里的路总不会漫长。

41.Being with you is like walking on a very clear morning.和你在一起就像在一个清爽的早晨漫步。

42.It is never too late to fall in love.爱永远不会嫌晚。

43.To the world you may be just one person. To the person you may be the world.对于世界，你可能只是一个人，但对于某个人，你却是整个世界。