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Quote by Anne Bronte
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snare

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself . – Anne Bronte

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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. – Anne Bronte

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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. – Anne Bronte

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Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe. – Anne Bronte

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Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to be able to dare! – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. – Pierre de Fermat

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In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power. – Marianne Williamson

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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. – Ambrose Bierce

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