Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
Quotes from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — Anne Brontë
1820–1849 England
96 quotes
You may have as many words as you please, – only I can’t stay to hear them.
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A hardness such as this is taught by rough experience and despair alone.
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When a lady condescends to apologize, there is no keeping one’s anger.
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It is deeds not words which must purchase my affection and esteem.
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I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
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If she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.
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To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.
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No one can be happy in eternal solitude.
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God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
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If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation.
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Since I love him so much, I can easily forgive him for loving himself.
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He despises me, because he knows I love him.
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What can't be cured must be endured.
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What are their thoughts to you or me, so long as we are satisfied with ourselves — and each other.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anne Brontë (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.