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The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live.

Anne Bronte

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Anne Bronte
Age: 29 †
Born: 1820
Born: January 17
Died: 1849
Died: May 28
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West Yorkshire
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I thought Mr. Millward never would cease telling us that he was no tea-drinker, and that it was highly injurious to keep loading the stomach with slops to the exclusion of more wholesome sustenance, and so give himself time to finish his fourth cup.
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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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My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will.
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It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
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Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?
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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
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Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
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He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly
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I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.
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No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
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If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
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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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To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air, roving at will from flower to flower, sipping sweet honey from their cups, or basking in their sunny petals.
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Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me.
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In love affairs, there is no mediator like a merry, simple-hearted child - ever ready to cement divided hearts, to span the unfriendly gulf of custom, to melt the ice of cold reserve, and overthrow the separating walls of dread formality and pride.
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if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation
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When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger.
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If ever I am a mother I will zealously strive against this crime of over- indulgence. I can hardly give it a milder name when I think of the evils it brings.
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No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
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