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.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead...

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead...

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.

I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Flirting is a womans trade, one must keep in practice.

Flirting is a womans trade, one must keep in practice.

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.