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Anne Brontë

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Total quotes: 3

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Anne Brontë

Birthname

AKA: Acton Bell

Birthday: January 17, 1820

Birthplace: United Kingdom

Death: May 28, 1849

Manner of Death: Natural Causes

Nationality: English, United Kingdom

Occupations: Poet, Novelist, Governess, Writer

Religion: Anglicanism

Total quotes: 3

“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”

— Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Everyman's Library)

Tagged: beauty, appearances, desires

“When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone - there are many, many other things to be considered.”

— Anne Brontë, Tenant of Wildfell Hall(Wordsworth Classics)

Tagged: Love, Marriage

“Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.”

— Anne Brontë, Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics)

Tagged: beauty, Attraction

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