--- title: "15 May Quotes By Anne Bronte" description: "15 May quotes by Anne Bronte. Plus more from Anne Bronte and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/anne-bronte-1444_imagine_the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-toughe_326738.jpg" --- > [The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-tougher-than-you-imagine-or-than/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/anne-bronte-1444_imagine_the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-toughe_326738.jpg) > [All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/all-true-histories-contain-instruction-though-in-some-the-treasure-2/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/anne-bronte-1444_dry_all-true-histories-contain-instruction-t_2850046.jpg) > [You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you don't rouse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/you-may-think-it-all-very-fine-mr-huntingdon-to-amuse-yourself-with/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/anne-bronte-1444_care_you-may-think-it-all-very-fine-mr-huntin_1063793.jpg) > [ \[Preface to second edition:\] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/preface-to-second-edition-i-am-satisfied-that-if-a-book-is-a-good-one/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/anne-bronte-1444_book_preface-to-second-edition-i-am-satisfied_3205452.jpg) > [I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-love-the-silent-hour-of-night-for-blissful-dreams-may-then-arise/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/anne-bronte-1444_arise_i-love-the-silent-hour-of-night-for-blis_2681074.jpg) > [Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/adieu-but-let-me-cherish-still-the-hope-with-which-i-cannot-part/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/anne-bronte-1444_adieu_adieu-but-let-me-cherish-still-the-hope_3111428.jpg) > [Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/because-i-imagine-there-must-be-only-a-very-very-few-men-in-the-world/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/anne-bronte-1444_fancy_because-i-imagine-there-must-be-only-a-v_1673769.jpg) > [I still preserve those relics of past sufferings and experience, like pillars of witness set up in travelling through the valve of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-still-preserve-those-relics-of-past-sufferings-and-experience-like/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/anne-bronte-1444_changed_i-still-preserve-those-relics-of-past-su_2820783.jpg) > [Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/preserve-me-from-such-cordiality-it-is-like-handling-briar-roses-and/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/anne-bronte-1444_briars_preserve-me-from-such-cordiality-it-is-l_946039.jpg) > [I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-was-sorry-for-her-i-was-amazed-disgusted-at-her-heartless-vanity-i/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/anne-bronte-1444_amazed_i-was-sorry-for-her-i-was-amazed-disgust_2249469.jpg) > [Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/keep-both-heart-and-hand-in-your-own-possession-till-you-see-good-2/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c9/anne-bronte-1444_bear_keep-both-heart-and-hand-in-your-own-pos_2608909.jpg) > [I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-may-be-permitted-like-the-doctors-to-cure-a-greater-evil-by-a-less/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/anne-bronte-1444_certain_i-may-be-permitted-like-the-doctors-to-c_1084753.jpg) > [I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-am-satisfied-that-if-a-book-is-a-good-one-it-is-so-whatever-the-sex/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/anne-bronte-1444_becoming_i-am-satisfied-that-if-a-book-is-a-good_2680042.jpg) > [When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/when-i-tell-you-not-to-marry-without-love-i-do-not-advise-you-to-2/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/anne-bronte-1444_advise_when-i-tell-you-not-to-marry-without-lov_2744478.jpg) > [Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/well-but-you-affirm-that-virtue-is-only-elicited-by-temptation-and/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/anne-bronte-1444_character_well-but-you-affirm-that-virtue-is-only_1728165.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Anne Bronte > [There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-are-great-books-in-this-world-and-great-worlds-in-books/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“There was a certain graceful ease and freedom about all he said and did, that gave a sense of repose and expansion to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-was-a-certain-graceful-ease-and-freedom-about-all-he-said-and/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/when-a-lady-does-consent-to-listen-to-an-argument-against-her-own/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as-selfish-and-as-heartless-as/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [ “By his \[God's\] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not for me,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/by-his-god-s-help-i-will-arise-and-address-myself-diligently-to-my/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-is-such-a-thing-as-looking-through-a-person-s-eyes-into-the/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“Keep a guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlet, lest they betray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/keep-a-guard-over-your-eyes-and-ears-as-the-inlets-of-your-heart-and/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/what-the-world-stigmatizes-as-romantic-is-often-more-nearly-allied-to/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-was-not-really-angry-i-felt-for-him-all-the-time-and-longed-to-be/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“Sullen silence was taken for rapt attention, and gave him greater room to talk; sharp answers were received as smart sallies of girlish vivacity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/sullen-silence-was-taken-for-rapt-attention-and-gave-him-greater-room/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“Revenge! No—what good would that do?—it would make him no better, and me no happier.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/revenge-no-what-good-would-that-do-it-would-make-him-no-better-and-me/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-ll-promise-to-think-twice-before-i-take-any-important-step-you/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/it-s-well-to-have-such-a-comfortable-assurance-regarding-the-worth-of/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/how-odd-it-is-that-we-so-often-weep-for-each-other-s-distresses-when/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [Adoration isn't love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/adoration-isn-t-love/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/anne-bronte/#itemlist", "name": "15 May Quotes By Anne Bronte", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-tougher-than-you-imagine-or-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/anne-bronte-1444_imagine_the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-toughe_326738.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/anne-bronte-1444_imagine_the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-toughe_326738.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/anne-bronte-1444_imagine_the-ties-that-bind-us-to-life-are-toughe_326738.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly…” — Anne Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/all-true-histories-contain-instruction-though-in-some-the-treasure-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/anne-bronte-1444_dry_all-true-histories-contain-instruction-t_2850046.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/anne-bronte-1444_dry_all-true-histories-contain-instruction-t_2850046.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/anne-bronte-1444_dry_all-true-histories-contain-instruction-t_2850046.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found…” — Anne Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you don't rouse my hate instead. 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