Anne Bronte Quotes

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

Nature, Sunshine, Light

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
Anne Bronte

Sad, Tired, Heart

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 .
Anne Bronte

Power, Girl, Lost

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

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

Rose, Dares, Thorn

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

Alone, Him, Through

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.
Anne Bronte

Father, Children, Poor

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

Sunshine, Heart, Moment

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Biography

Nationality: British

Born: January 17, 1820

Died: May 28, 1849

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