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Anne Bronte quotes: He cannot endure Rachel, because he knows she has a proper appreciation of him. He cannot endure Rachel, because he knows she has a proper appreciation of him.
Anne Bronte quotes: My nature was not originally calm,' said I. 'I have learned to appear so by dint of hard lessons and many repeated efforts. My nature was not originally calm,' said I. 'I have learned to appear so by dint of hard lessons and many repeated efforts.
Anne Bronte quotes: If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation
Anne Bronte quotes: There's always a chance of death; and it is always well to live with such a chance in view There's always a chance of death; and it is always well to live with such a chance in view
Anne Bronte quotes: Although I maintain that if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting. Although I maintain that if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.
Anne Bronte quotes: I'll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of. I'll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.
Anne Bronte quotes: there is always a but in this imperfect world! there is always a but in this imperfect world!
Anne Bronte quotes: Severed and gone, so many years! And art thou still so dear to me, That throbbing heart and burning tears Can witness how I cling to thee? Severed and gone, so many years!
And art thou still so dear to me,
That throbbing heart and burning tears
Can witness how I cling to thee?
Anne Bronte quotes: Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves. Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
Anne Bronte quotes: It seems as if life and hope must cease together. It seems as if life and hope must cease together.
Anne Bronte quotes: It's well to have such a comfortable assurance regarding the worth of those we love. I only wish you may not find your confidence misplaced. It's well to have such a comfortable assurance regarding the worth of those we love. I only wish you may not find your confidence misplaced.
Anne Bronte quotes: But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.
Anne Bronte quotes: My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can. My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.
Anne Bronte quotes: In all we do, and hear, and see,Is restless Toil and Vanity.While yet the rolling earth abides,Men come and go like ocean tides In all we do, and hear, and see,
Is restless Toil and Vanity.
While yet the rolling earth abides,
Men come and go like ocean tides
Anne Bronte quotes: It is a troublesome thing, Halford, this susceptibility to affronts where none are intended. It is a troublesome thing, Halford, this susceptibility to affronts where none are intended.
Anne Bronte quotes: I cannot love a man who cannot protect me. I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.
Anne Bronte quotes: Never! while heaven spares my reason,' replied I, snatching away the hand he had presumed to seize and press between his own. Never! while heaven spares my reason,' replied I, snatching away the hand he had presumed to seize and press between his own.
Anne Bronte quotes: It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth. It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.
Anne Bronte quotes: What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed. What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.
Anne Bronte quotes: ...sick of mankind and their disgusting ways... ...sick of mankind and their disgusting ways...
Anne Bronte quotes: Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be. Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.
Anne Bronte quotes: Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear? Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?
Anne Bronte quotes: I should wish you to think more deeply, to look further, and aim higher than you do. I should wish you to think more deeply, to look further, and aim higher than you do.
Anne Bronte quotes: That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true. That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true.
Anne Bronte quotes: Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness. Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness.
Anne Bronte quotes: Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too. Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.
Anne Bronte quotes: Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.
Anne Bronte quotes: A spirit of candor and frankness, when wholly unaccompanied with coarseness, headmired in others, but he could not acquire it himself. A spirit of candor and frankness, when wholly unaccompanied with coarseness, he
admired in others, but he could not acquire it himself.
Anne Bronte quotes: I hate talking where there is no exchange of ideas or sentiments, and no good given or received I hate talking where there is no exchange of ideas or sentiments, and no good given or received
Anne Bronte quotes: It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love. It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
Anne Bronte quotes: I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.
Anne Bronte quotes: You'll find a man can live without his money as merrily as a tortoise without its head, or a wasp without its body." '"But You'll find a man can live without his money as merrily as a tortoise without its head, or a wasp without its body." '"But
Anne Bronte quotes: He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly
Anne Bronte quotes: Who had taken a violent fancy to me, mistaking me for something vastly better than I was. Who had taken a violent fancy to me, mistaking me for something vastly better than I was.
Anne Bronte quotes: She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artist's pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes. She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artist's pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes.
Anne Bronte quotes: Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe. Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
Anne Bronte quotes: There is perfect love in Heaven! There is perfect love in Heaven!
Anne Bronte quotes: You prefer her faults to other people's perfection. You prefer her faults to other people's perfection.
Anne Bronte quotes: My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will. My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will.
Anne Bronte quotes: We shouldn't always have what we want: it spoils the best of us, doesn't it? We shouldn't always have what we want: it spoils the best of us, doesn't it?
Anne Bronte quotes: The best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one. The best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one.
Anne Bronte quotes: The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking. The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.
Anne Bronte quotes: Revenge! No - what good would that do? - it would make him no better, and me no happier.' 'I Revenge! No - what good would that do? - it would make him no better, and me no happier.' 'I
Anne Bronte quotes: The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments
Anne Bronte quotes: Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as you Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as you please
Anne Bronte quotes: As usual, I have reaped the bitter fruits of my own error- and must reap them to the end. As usual, I have reaped the bitter fruits of my own error- and must reap them to the end.
Anne Bronte quotes: What can't be cured must be endured," said I, What can't be cured must be endured," said I,
Anne Bronte quotes: No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
Anne Bronte quotes: I flatter myself, at times, that though among them, I am not of them I flatter myself, at times, that though among them, I am not of them
Anne Bronte quotes: Matrimony is a serious thing. Matrimony is a serious thing.
Anne Bronte quotes: The best way to enjoy yourself is to do what is right and hate nobody. The best way to enjoy yourself is to do what is right and hate nobody.
Anne Bronte quotes: I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other. I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.
Anne Bronte quotes: A girl's affections should never be won unsought. A girl's affections should never be won unsought.
Anne Bronte quotes: Life and hope must cease together. Life and hope must cease together.
Anne Bronte quotes: Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last! Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last!
Anne Bronte quotes: But, God knows best, I concluded. But, God knows best, I concluded.
Anne Bronte quotes: If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues. If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
Anne Bronte quotes: I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes. I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.
Anne Bronte quotes: No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise. No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
Anne Bronte quotes: A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
Anne Bronte quotes: One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a book, and pleasant weather. One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a book, and pleasant weather.
Anne Bronte quotes: What a fool you must be, said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self. What a fool you must be, said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.
Anne Bronte quotes: I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it. I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.
Anne Bronte quotes: When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one's anger. When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one's anger.
Anne Bronte quotes: God might awaken that heart, supine and stupefied with self-indulgence, and remove the film of sensual darkness from his eyes, but I could not. God might awaken that heart, supine and stupefied with self-indulgence, and remove the film of sensual darkness from his eyes, but I could not.
Anne Bronte quotes: And so you prefer her faults to other people's perfections? And so you prefer her faults to other people's perfections?
Anne Bronte quotes: I'll tell you a piece of newsI hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell. I'll tell you a piece of news
I hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell.
Anne Bronte quotes: She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly believed I did not. She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly believed I did not.
Anne Bronte quotes: Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
Anne Bronte quotes: God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us. God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
Anne Bronte quotes: If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do. If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do.
Anne Bronte quotes: It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses upon them. It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses upon them.
Anne Bronte quotes: You have blighted the promise of youth, and made my life a wilderness! You have blighted the promise of youth, and made my life a wilderness!
Anne Bronte quotes: God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Anne Bronte quotes: Well, let them seize on all they can; One treasure still is mine,A heart that loves to think on thee, And feels the worth of thine. Well, let them seize on all they can;
One treasure still is mine,
A heart that loves to think on thee,
And feels the worth of thine.
Anne Bronte quotes: [Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. [Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.
Anne Bronte quotes: governess was not in yet; then, governess was not in yet; then,
Anne Bronte quotes: It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures! It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures!
Anne Bronte quotes: It is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose. It is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose.
Anne Bronte quotes: Long have I dwelt forgotten hereIn pining woe and dull despair;This place of solitude and gloomMust be my dungeon and my tomb. Long have I dwelt forgotten here
In pining woe and dull despair;
This place of solitude and gloom
Must be my dungeon and my tomb.
Anne Bronte quotes: Nobody knew him as I did; nobody could appreciate him as I did; nobody could love him as I - could. Nobody knew him as I did; nobody could appreciate him as I did; nobody could love him as I - could.
Anne Bronte quotes: You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay. You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
Anne Bronte quotes: Of him to whom less is given, less will be required, but our utmost exertions are required of us all. Of him to whom less is given, less will be required, but our utmost exertions are required of us all.
Anne Bronte quotes: To wheedle and coax is safer than to command. To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.
Anne Bronte quotes: My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze. My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.
Anne Bronte quotes: The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live ... The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live ...
Anne Bronte quotes: You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike. You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike.
Anne Bronte quotes: There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted. There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted.
Anne Bronte quotes: No one can be happy in eternal solitude. No one can be happy in eternal solitude.
Anne Bronte quotes: I'm not going to defile my fingers with him,' said I, in answer to the maternal intercession. 'I wouldn't touch him with the tongs.' I I'm not going to defile my fingers with him,' said I, in answer to the maternal intercession. 'I wouldn't touch him with the tongs.' I
Anne Bronte quotes: But where hope rises, fear must lurk behind. But where hope rises, fear must lurk behind.
Anne Bronte quotes: It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe. It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
Anne Bronte quotes: The more happiness we bestow, the more we shall receive, even here; and the greater will be our reward in heaven when we rest from our labours. The more happiness we bestow, the more we shall receive, even here; and the greater will be our reward in heaven when we rest from our labours.
Anne Bronte quotes: A hardness such as this is taught by rough experience and despair alone A hardness such as this is taught by rough experience and despair alone
Anne Bronte quotes: if I can gain the public ear at all, I would rather whisper a few wholesome truths therein than much soft nonsense if I can gain the public ear at all, I would rather whisper a few wholesome truths therein than much soft nonsense
Anne Bronte quotes: Well, and what was there in that?Who ever hung his hopes upon so frail a twig? Well, and what was there in that?
Who ever hung his hopes upon so frail a twig?
Anne Bronte quotes: How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own! How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!
Anne Bronte quotes: There are great books in this world and great worlds in books. There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
Anne Bronte quotes: What business had I to think of one that never thought of me? What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?

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