I tried to cheer her up, and apparently succeeded in some degree, before the walk was over; but in the very act my conscience reproved me, knowing, as I did, that, sooner or later, the tie must be broken, and this was only nourishing false hopes and putting off the evil day.
Anne BrontëMots clés false-hope putting-off
It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses upon them.
Anne BrontëMots clés cats men women dogs pets dislike caress
I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and if abstinence be an evil (which some have doubted), no one will deny that excess is a greater. Some parents have entirely prohibited their children from tasting intoxicating liquors; but a parent’s authority cannot last for ever; children are naturally prone to hanker after forbidden things; and a child, in such a case, would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste, and try the effect of what has been so lauded and enjoyed by others, so strictly forbidden to himself – which curiosity would generally be gratified on the first convenient opportunity; and the restraint once broken, serious consequences might ensue.
Anne BrontëMots clés parents children evil excess moderation control abstinence upbringing temperance
If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices.
Anne BrontëMots clés children mother over-indulgence upbringing contempt
When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen only with her bodily ears, keeping the mental organs resolutely closed against the strongest reasoning.
Anne BrontëMots clés women opinions reasoning argument withstand
I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.
Anne BrontëMots clés thinking disapproval promises
I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in love with the young widow, I think, nor she with me - that's certain - but if I find a little pleasure in her society I may surely be allowed to seek it; and if the star of her divinity be bright enough to dim the lustre of Eliza's, so much the better, but I scarcely can think it
Anne BrontëMots clés society evil pleasure falling-in-love
When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger.
Anne BrontëMots clés women anger apologies
If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do.
Anne BrontëMots clés pleasure mother comfort convenience
No one can be happy in eternal solitude.
Anne BrontëMots clés solitude eternity no-one
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