All true histories contain instruction though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.
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O, when will Man thy value learn?Anne Bronte
And for these little simple airs --
I love to play them o'er
So much - I dare not promise, now,
To play them never more.
Anne Bronte
There is always a "but" in this imperfect world.
Anne Bronte
Whose love may freely gush and flow,
Unchecked, unchilled by doubt or fear,
For in their inmost hearts they know
It is not vainly nourished there.
Anne Bronte
My life is very lonely,
My days pass heavily,
I'm wearing of repining,
Wilt thou not come to me?
Anne Bronte
His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.
Anne Bronte
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