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May Quotes by Anne Bronte
- 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…
- 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…
- I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who…
- 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,…
- I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.
- 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.…
- When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things…
- Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few,…
- 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…
- I still preserve those relics of past sufferings and experience, like pillars of witness set up in travelling through the valve of life, to mark…
- Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to the touch, but…
- Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it lingers in my…
- Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation,…
- Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle