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You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike.
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 see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other besides, I like to enjoy my life at all sides and ends, which cannot be done by one that suffers himself to be the slave of a single propensity.
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Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.
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I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.
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No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
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Life and hope must cease together.
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I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.
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I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.
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A man must have something to grumble about and if he cant 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.
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I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't much mind it now, but if it be always so, what shall I do with the serious part of myself?
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I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.
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I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
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I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.
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Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you.
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Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.
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the best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one.
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Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?
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But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.
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There is always a but in this imperfect world.
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The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments
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Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
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