How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
The sight of her seemed an irresistible attack on his own habits, standards, and ambitions: something designed to put him in his place for good. The notion that women like this were never on view except as the property of men like Bertrand was so familiar to him that it had long since ceased to appear an injustice. (4.13)
Jim seems to have accepted his lot in life when it comes to relationships with women. But does that kind of thing ever really stop bothering someone?
Quote #2
What could a man with such eyes, such a beard, and (he noticed them for the first time) such dissimilar ears have to do with a man like Gore-Urquhart? (4.95)
Jim's looking for anything that could discredit Bertrand and make him unworthy of a rich man's attention. It's just too unfair that he's got the girl and the rich guy.
Quote #3
"If one man's got ten buns and another's got two, and a bun has got to be given up by one of them, then surely you take it from the man with the ten buns." (4.129).
For Jim, it's a no-brainer that the British government should tax the rich and give to the poor if they're going to live in a just society. What does it matter to someone with 10 million whether or not they've got another 1 million? For Jim, it's a matter of justice; for Bertrand it's an outrage.