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It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Charlotte Bronte

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Charlotte Bronte
Age: 38 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 21
Died: 1855
Died: March 31
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
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Ш. Бронте
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Шарлотта Бронте
Sharlotta Bronte
Charles Wellesley
Charlotte Bronte
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Mrs. Arthur Bell Nicholls
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Lord Charles Albert
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Hsia-lo-ti Po-lang-tʻe
Ought
Action
Tranquillity
Cannot
Tranquil
Find
Tranquility
Human
Vain
Humans
Satisfied
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