Quotes by Emily Bronte

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

— Emily Bronte

Hope

Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?

— Emily Bronte

Love

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.

— Emily Bronte

Love

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.

— Emily Bronte

Success

Honest people don't hide their deeds.

— Emily Bronte

Truth

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

— Emily Bronte

Success

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

— Emily Bronte

Life

Terror made me cruel.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

— Emily Bronte

Wisdom