"It was not the thorn bending to the……" — Emily Bronte
"It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn."
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145 Quotes by Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte has 145 quotes on this site.
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have…
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving…
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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Honest people don't hide their deeds.
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I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.
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Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which…
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to…
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A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest…
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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence…
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More Bending Quotes
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The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
— Aesop
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I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out…
— Sandra Bullock
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The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the…
— William Jenkyn
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The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems…
— Auguste Rodin
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Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief…
— Sarah Fielding
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I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is…
— Joanna Lumley
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
— Sun Tzu
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We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns.
— Rahm Emanuel
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Zachary Jernigan can't write a bad story. He couldn't even if he tried. Each and every time I start one…
— David Anthony Durham
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Revival, as contrasted with a Holy Ghost atmosphere is a clean- cut breakthrough of the Spirit, a sweep of Holy…
— Norman Grubb
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The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion…
— Nadine Gordimer
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Trees Trees, proud standing people stretching fingertips to the sky, reaching, praying glorious attention, breathing light. strength shelter timeless confidence…
— Wallace Stevens
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