Anne Brontëová citáty a výroky
Anne Brontëová: Citáty v angličtine
“I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world!”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XII : A Tête-à-tête and a Discovery; Gilbert to Helen
Kontext: You couldn't have given me less encouragement, or treated me with greater severity than you did! And if you think you have wronged me by giving me your friendship, and occasionally admitting to me to the enjoyment of your company and conversation, when all hopes of close intimacy were vain — as indeed you always gave me to understand — if you think you have wronged me by this, you are mistaken; for such favours, in themselves alone, are not only delightful to my heart, but purifying, exalting, ennobling to my soul; and I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world!
“I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.”
Varianta: No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
Zdroj: Agnes Grey
“The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live….”
Zdroj: Agnes Grey
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Volume I
“He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen to Milicent
“Although I maintain that if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.”
Varianta: If she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. I : A Discovery; Gilbert to Rose
“If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XVII : Further Warnings; Helen to Mrs. Maxwell
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXII : Traits of Friendship; Arthur to Helen
Kontext: I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other; besides, I like to enjoy my life at all sides and ends, which cannot be done by one that suffers himself to be the slave of a single propensity.
Preface, 2nd edition (22 July 1848)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846), Music on Christmas Morning
“No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen to Ralph
“Since I love him so much, I can easily forgive him for loving himself.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIII : First weeks of Matrimony; Helen to Arthur
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIII : First weeks of Matrimony; Helen to Arthur
“There's nothing like active employment to console the afflicted.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLVII : Startling Intelligence; Eliza to Gilbert
“What can't be cured must be endured.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXII : Traits of Friendship; Arthur to Lord Lowborough
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. IX : A Snake in the Grass; Helen to Gilbert
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XVIII : The Miniature; Arthur Huntingdon
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLV : Reconciliation; Helen to Gilbert
Prologue; Gilbert Markham, in the opening line of the novel
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Ralph to Milicent
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. III : A Controversy; Mrs. Markham to Helen
Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846), To Cowper (1842)
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. IX : A Snake in the Grass; Gilbert Markham
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XVI : The Warning of Experience; Helen to Mrs. Maxwell
“It is deeds not words which must purchase my affection and esteem.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLVIII : Further Intelligence; Helen to Arthur
“Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIX : The Neighbour; Helen to Walter
“If you had no higher motive than the approval of your fellow mortal, it would do you little good.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen to Ralph
“Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.”
Zdroj: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXIII : Two Evenings; Helen to Walter