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

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

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...

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

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

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

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.

Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

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...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must...

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...

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...

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 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...

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

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...

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

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

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...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

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...