I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.


Jane to Mr. Rochester (Ch. 14) - Jane Eyre (1847)

Charlotte Brontë Quotes

I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; ...

I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; ...

I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; ...

I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; ...