Anne Brontë on Friendship
Browse 6 quotations attributed to Anne Brontë, catalogued under friendship, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Anne Brontë, entry #65415: "I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I — of my friends as well in silence as in conversation."
Attributed to Anne Brontë, entry #235409: "Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship."
6 Quotes by Anne Brontë on Friendship
"I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I — of my friends as well in silence as in conversation."
"Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship."
"The demon of drink was as black as the demon of play, and nearly as hard to get rid of — especially as his kind friends did all they could to second the promptings of his own insatiable cravings."
"Instead of combating my slight prejudice against you as uncharitable, I mean to cherish it, until I am convinced that I have no reason to distrust this kind, insinuating friendship you are so anxious to push upon me."
"Oh, Richard!" exclaimed she, on one occasion, "if you would but dismiss such gloomy subjects from your mind, you would live as long as any of us; at least you would live to see the girls married, and yourself a happy grandfather, with a canty old dame for your companion."
"You couldn't have given me less encouragement, or treated me with greater severity than you did! And if you think you have wronged me by giving me your friendship, and occasionally admitting to me to the enjoyment of your company and conversation, when all hopes of close intimacy were vain — as indeed you always gave me to understand — if you think you have wronged me by this, you are mistaken; for such favours, in themselves alone, are not only delightful to my heart, but purifying, exalting, ennobling to my soul; and I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world!"