"You cannot expect stone to be as pliable…" — Anne Bronte
"You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay."
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80 Quotes by Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte has 80 quotes on this site.
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Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick…
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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
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But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would…
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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones…
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His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks…
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I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad…
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Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and,…
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Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last!
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Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost,…
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Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets,…
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I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author…
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More Cannot Expect Quotes
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Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.
— Dwight L. Moody
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I cannot expect to perform the task with equal ability and success.
— Martin Van Buren
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You cannot expect miracles to happen overnight, be patient, be loving and little by little the change you seek will…
— Leon Brown
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There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to…
— Cesar Chavez
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We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our…
— Surya Das
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I cannot expect even my own art to provide all of the answers, only to hope it keeps asking the…
— Grace Hartigan
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
— William Howard Taft
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If you will believe me, you who are young, yours is the golden season of life. As you have heard…
— Thomas Carlyle
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You cannot expect your children to be happy eating esoteric beige-colored foods when their friends get soda pop, Snickers, and…
— Jane Fonda
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We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people.…
— John F. Kennedy
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We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving…
— Nikita Khrushchev
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We learn to endure to the end by learning to finish our current responsibilities, and we simply continue doing it…
— Robert D. Hales
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