It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: action vanity tranquillity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Charlotte Bronte Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Look twice before you leap. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: attention risk certainty looking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: life hatred envy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Look twice before you leap. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: attention risk certainty looking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. —Charlotte Bronte More about this quote Tags: life hatred envy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “vanity” As she lay dying, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour — the official chief mistress of Louis XV, King of France — summoned her last strength and called to God, "Wait a second," as she dabbed her cheeks with rouge. —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: beauty death vanity royalty France Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: perception man vanity impertinence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. —Samuel Butler More about this quote Tags: ignorance character vanity price arrogance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As she lay dying, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour — the official chief mistress of Louis XV, King of France — summoned her last strength and called to God, "Wait a second," as she dabbed her cheeks with rouge. —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: beauty death vanity royalty France Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: perception man vanity impertinence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. —Samuel Butler More about this quote Tags: ignorance character vanity price arrogance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email