I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
EMILY BRONTEI am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
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You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
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Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy.
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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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I’ll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.
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Vain are the thousand creeds That move men’s hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
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You know, I’ve had a bitter, hard life since I last heard your voice and if I’ve survived it’s all because of you.
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Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
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A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.
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I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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