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Anne Bronte Quotes

Anne Bronte quotes

British Novelist January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849

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Though riches had charms, poverty had no terrors for an inexperiencedgirl like me. Indeed, to say the truth, there was something exhilaratingin the idea of being driven to straits, and thrown upon our own resources. I only wished papa, mamma, and Mary were all of the samemind as myself; and then, instead of lamenting past calamities we mightall cheerfully set to work to remedy them; and the greater the difficulties, the harder our present privations, the greater should be our cheerfulness to... Anne Bronte
Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers; but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you. Anne Bronte
I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me. Anne Bronte
One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a book, and pleasant weather. Anne Bronte
She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly believed I did not. Anne Bronte
Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation, or too little acquainted with vice, or anything connected therewith? It must be, either, that you think she is essentially so vicious, or so feeble-minded that she cannot withstand temptation, - and though she may be pure and innocent as long as she is kept in ignorance and restraint, yet, being destitute of real virtue, to teach her how to sin is at once... Anne Bronte
I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't much mind it now, but if it be always so, what shall I do with the serious part of myself? Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it..."
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly..."
What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?"
What business had I to think of one that never thought of me? Anne Bronte
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 touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind. Anne Bronte
The human heart is like india-rubber; a little swells it, but a great deal will not burst it. If 'little than nothing' will disturb it, than 'little less than all things' will suffice to break it. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and..."
My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step..."
I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to..."
The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live.... Anne Bronte

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