It is 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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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.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for...

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

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...

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

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

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

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...

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.

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

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...

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...

Look twice before you leap.

Look twice before you leap.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

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

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

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...