Quotes

"There is no wisdom like frankness." ~ Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. ~ Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli "We are all born for love," said Morley. "It is the principle of existence, and its only end." ~ Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli Little things affect little minds. ~ Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli "I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind. ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte "If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone." ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else. ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us. ~ Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli