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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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.

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.

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.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

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

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

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

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...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

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

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

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.

Look twice before you leap.

Look twice before you leap.

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...

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...

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

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.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.