Anne Bront Quotes

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

Anne Bront

But all our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Anne Bront

It is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose.

Anne Bront

A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.

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I know I owe my all to Thee, O, take this heart I cannot give. Do Thou my Strength my Saviour be; And make me to Thy glory live!

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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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It's well these women must be blabbing. If they haven't a friend to talk to, they must whisper their secrets to the fishes, or write them on the sand or something;

Anne Bront

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

Anne Bront

My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will.

Anne Bront

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 Bront

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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But then to wake and find it flown, The dream of happiness destroyed, To find myself unloved, alone, What tongue can speak the dreary void? A heart whence warm affections flow, Creator, thou hast given to me, And am I only thus to know How sweet the joys of love would be?

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On all her breezes borne Earth yields no scents like those; But he, that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

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Mamma does all she can,' said she, 'to make me feel myself a burden and incumbrance to the family, and the most ungrateful, selfish, and undutiful daughter that ever was born;

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