Quotes by Anne Bronte

Anne Bronte

Anne Bronte

British writer

Lived from: 1820 - 1849

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 17 january 1820 Died: 28 may 1849

  • She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.
  • 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 him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.
  • 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, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .

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  • There is always a "but" in this imperfect world.
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  • A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
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  • But he, that dares not grasp the thorn
    Should never crave the rose.
    The Narrow Way (1848)
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  • God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXXIX
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  • He despises me, because he knows I love him.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XVIII
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  • 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.
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  • How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!
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  • I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.
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  • I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXII
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  • 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, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
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  • If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. IX
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  • 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 him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.
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  • Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XLV
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  • It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXVII
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  • It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. III
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  • Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.
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  • No one can be happy in eternal solitude.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. VII
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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.
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  • Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXXVII
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  • She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.
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What are the most famous quotes from Anne Bronte?

The two most famous quotes from Anne Bronte are:

  • "There is always a "but" in this imperfect world."
  • "A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine."

When did Anne Bronte live?

Anne Bronte was born in 1820 and died in the year 1849.