Anne Brontë quotes

But he, that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. (Anne Brontë)
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself . View quote
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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. View quote
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A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness. View quote
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It seems as if life and hope must cease together. View quote
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No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. View quote
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His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind. View quote
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God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us. View quote
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A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine. View quote
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There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world. View quote
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There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted. (Anne Brontë)
It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever. View quote
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There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of another's soul in one hour than it might take you a lifetime to discover, if he or she were not disposed to reveal it, or if you had not the sense to understand it. View quote
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I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries. View quote
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But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad. View quote
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To wheedle and coax is safer than to command. View quote
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No one can be happy in eternal solitude. View quote
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Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be. View quote
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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe. View quote
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But as the priceless treasure too frequently hides at the bottom of well, it needs some courage to dive for it, especially as he that does so will be likely to incur more scorn and obloquy for the mud and water into which he has ventured to plunge, than thanks for the jewel he procures; as like in manner, she who undertakes the cleansing of a careless bachelor's apartment will be liable to more abuse for the dust she raises than commendation for the clearance she effects. View quote
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If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues. (Anne Brontë)
Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me. View quote
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I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other. View quote
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To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air, roving at will from flower to flower, sipping sweet honey from their cups, or basking in their sunny petals. View quote
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This paper will serve instead of a confidential friend into whose ear I might pour forth the overflowings of my heart. It will not sympathize with my distresses, but then, it will not laugh at them, and, if I keep it close, it cannot tell again; so it is, perhaps, the best friend I could have for the purpose. View quote
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