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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.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Am Eyes Flow Heart Longer Oh Sick Tears Though Tired Very Weary Weeping Woe I Am

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

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Topics: Corn Laughed Light Nature Over Sunshine Swept Wind

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But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

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Topics: Crave Dares Grasp He Never Rose Should Thorn

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Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Bear Both Comfort Good Good Reason Hand Heart Itself Joys Keep Least Life Many May Mind More Never Occasion Own Part Possession Present Reason Reflection See Should Single Single Life Sorrows Than Them Though Till Very Will You Your

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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.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Alone Attempt Clear Firmly Go Hand Him His Insist Leading Learn Must Over Path Son Stones Teach Them Through Walk World Would You Your

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All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Away Bad Become Blame Both Choose Every Evil Exercise Faculty Good Good And Bad Increase Masters Neglect Only Our Strengthens Talents Tend Therefore Those Till Use Using Which You Your Yourself

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Adoration isn't love.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Adoration Love

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A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: About Complain Death Gentleness He Her Him His Kindness Man Must Out She Something Wears Wife

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There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Always Imperfect World

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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.

~Anne Bronte

Topics: Breath Curls Finger Heart His Itself Like Moment Opens Plant Sensitive Shrinks Slightest Sunshine Touch Up Wind

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Novelist

Born: January 17th, 1820

Died: May 28th, 1849

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