Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet who lived from 1820 to 1849. She was the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. Anne is best known for her two novels “Agnes Grey” (1847), based on her personal experiences when she worked as a governess, and “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” (1848), which is one of the first feminist novels.
This is a collection of quotes by Anne Brontë.
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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.Anne Brontë
Because, my dear, beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men.Anne Brontë
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
But he, that dares not grasp the thornAnne Brontë
Should never crave the rose.
Source: The narrow way
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
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
If she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.Anne Brontë
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.Anne Brontë
Source: Agnes Grey
No one can be happy in eternal solitude.Anne Brontë
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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.Anne Brontë
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
