Anne Bronte

“But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.”

— Anne Bronte

It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.

— Anne Bronte

It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.

— Anne Bronte

He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly

— Anne Bronte

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

— Anne Bronte

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

— Anne Bronte

It seems as if life and hope must cease together.

— Anne Bronte

There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted.

— Anne Bronte

“In all we do, and hear, and see, Is restless Toil and Vanity. While yet the rolling earth abides, Men come and…

— Anne Brontë

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

— Anne Bronte

“Severed and gone, so many years! And art thou still so dear to me, That throbbing heart and burning tears Can witness…

— Anne Brontë

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

— Anne Bronte

[Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex…

— Anne Bronte

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they…

— Anne Bronte

“It is a troublesome thing, Halford, this susceptibility to affronts where none are intended.”

— Anne Brontë

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.

— Anne Bronte

“I do wish he would sometimes be serious. I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't…

— Anne Brontë

“But supposing I could be so generous as to take delight in this, stil it is only a child; and I can't…

— Anne Brontë

“By his [God's] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not…

— Anne Brontë

He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely…

— Anne Bronte

You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you don't rouse…

— Anne Bronte

“But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they…

— Anne Brontë

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an…

— Anne Bronte

“Oh, Youth may listen patiently, While sad Experience tells her tale, But Doubt sits smiling in his eye, For ardent Hope will…

— Anne Brontë

“Lehet, hogy nyomorultul érezné magát az otthona nélkül, de élni akkor is tudna maga is; és nem is érezné magát olyan nyomorultul,…

— Anne Brontë

“But still I was curious to know what sort of an explanation she would have given me—or would give now, if I…

— Anne Brontë

“Oh, I don’t mind his being wicked: he’s all the better for that; and as for disliking him—I shouldn’t greatly object to…

— Anne Brontë

I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in…

— Anne Bronte

“After breakfast, determined to pass as little of the day as possible in company with Lady Lowborough, I quietly stole away from…

— Anne Brontë

“God is Infinite Wisdom, and Power, and Goodness - and LOVE; but if this idea is too vast for your human faculties…

— Anne Brontë

“I shall expect my husband to have no pleasures but what he shares with me; and if his greatest pleasure of all…

— Anne Brontë

Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to…

— Anne Bronte

“You prefer her faults to other people’s perfection.”

— Anne Brontë

“Although I maintain that if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.”

— Anne Brontë

If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.

— Anne Bronte

“God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”

— Anne Brontë

“He cannot endure Rachel, because he knows she has a proper appreciation of him.”

— Anne Brontë

“But where hope rises, fear must lurk behind.”

— Anne Brontë

To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.

— Anne Bronte

“Well!—an honest and industrious farmer is one of the most useful members of society;”

— Anne Brontë