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Anne Bronte Quotes

Anne Bronte quotes

British Novelist January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849

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Are you hero enough to unite yourself to one whom you know to be suspected and despised by all around you, and identify your interests and your honor with hers? Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay."
You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay. Anne Bronte
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, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without..."
I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "had taken a violent fancy to me, mistaking me for something..."
had taken a violent fancy to me, mistaking me for something vastly better than I was. Anne Bronte
I have omitted to give a detail of his words, from a notion that they would not interest the reader as they did me, and not because I have forgotten them. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own..."
I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on..."
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "There is always a "but" in this imperfect world."
There is always a "but" in this imperfect world. Anne Bronte
When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen only with her bodily ears, keeping the mental organs resolutely closed against the strongest reasoning. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise."
I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose."
But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. Anne Bronte
No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done, it is mere vanity and vexation of spirit. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our..."
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping..."
When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger. Anne Bronte

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