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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 thorn
Should never crave the rose.

Anne Brontë
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