Anne Brontë Quotes

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On all her breezes borne
Earth yields no scents like those;
But he, that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.

Anne Brontë
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.

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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.

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There is always a but in this imperfect world...

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She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.

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But no generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

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A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

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All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

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Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

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I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing
The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray;
I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing,
And hear the wild roar of their thunder today!

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Don't you know that every time we meet the thoughts of the final parting will become more painful? Don't you feel that every interview makes us dearer to each other than the last?

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"High time, my girl - high time! Moderation in all things, remember. That's the plan—"Let your moderation be known unto all men!"

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Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

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'I should be proud to do it, Helen! - most happy - delighted beyond expression! - and if that be all the obstacle to our union, it is demolished, and you must - you shall be mine!

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At your time of life, it's love that rules the roast: at mine, it's solid, serviceable gold.

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It's well these women must be blabbing. If they haven't a friend to talk to, they must whisper their secrets to the fishes, or write them on the sand or something;

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If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false

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All for myself the sigh would swell,
The tear of anguish start;
I little knew what wilder woe
Had filled the Poet's heart. I did not know the nights of gloom,
The days of misery;
The long, long years of dark despair,
That crushed and tortured thee.

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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.

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'I almost wish I were not a painter,' observed my companion.
'Why so? one would think at such a time you would most exult in your privilege of being able to imitate the various brilliant and delightful touches of nature.'
No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of them as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done, it is more vanity and vexation of spirit.'

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I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.

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I tried to cheer her up, and apparently succeeded in some degree, before the walk was over; but in the very act my conscience reproved me, knowing, as I did, that, sooner or later, the tie must be broken, and this was only nourishing false hopes and putting off the evil day.

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It is a troublesome thing this susceptibility to affronts where none are intended.

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How shall I teach him hereafter to respect his father, and yet to avoid his example?

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I sometimes think she has no feeling at all; and then I go on till she cries - and that satisfies me.

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