Anne Bronte Quotes

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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.
• A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
• But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
• 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,…
• 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…
• His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest…
• I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.
• 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…
• Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last!
• Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?
• Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray you in…
• I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are…
• Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
• I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in love with the…
• There is always a but in this imperfect world.
• Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and…
• No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
• And then, the unspeakable purity - and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just…
• Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?
• I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.

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