Quotes by Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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But where hope rises, fear must lurk behind. — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwa — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little expos — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
[B]eauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefor — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
There's nothing like active employment, I suppose, to console the afflicted. — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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 — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other thing — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
how shall I get through the months or years of my future life, in company with that man -- my greatest enemy -- for none — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other thing — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can. — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The rose I gave you was an emblem of myheart,' said she; 'would you take it away andleave me here alone?' 'Would you giv — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in love with the — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as y — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses upon them. — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
It’s well to have such a comfortable assurance regarding the worth of those we love. I only wish you may not find your c — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone - there are many, many other thin — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I have often wished in vain,' said she, 'for another's judgment to appeal to when I could scarcely trust the direction o — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own! — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall