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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

You had no right to be born for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other persons strength. – Charlotte Bronte

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

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Attitude
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There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. – Orlando A. Battista

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He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral. – Yiddish Proverb

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Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm. – Jean Paul

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Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon. – David Frum

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One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly. – Edward C. Steadman

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Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? – Andrew Greeley

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