Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Charlotte Bronte Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Apr 21, 1816
  • Died: Mar 31, 1855

Charlotte BrontÄ was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three BrontÄ sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. She published her best known novel, Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it. nature

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. death

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves. God, men & success

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. life

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. friendship

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 other quotes from Robert Browning

22 other quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 more thoughts from Isadora Duncan

5 more thoughts from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher