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Quote by Charlotte Bronte
One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one ha

One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow. – Charlotte Bronte

Other quotes by Charlotte Bronte

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. – Charlotte Bronte

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Judging, Judgment
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Charlotte Bronte
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If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it. – Charlotte Bronte

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Nature
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Charlotte Bronte
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A person can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. – Bible

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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. – Honore de Balzac

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Its going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it. – Kin Hubbard

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The way to be immortal (I mean not to die at all) is to have me for your heir. I recommend you to put me in your will and you will see that (as long as I live at least) you will never even catch cold. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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