“Chi non osa afferrare le spine | non dovrebbe mai desiderare la rosa.”
Variante: Colui che non osa toccare la spina, non dovrebbe mai desiderare la rosa.
Anne Brontë è stata una scrittrice inglese e, come le sue due sorelle, autrice di romanzi di contenuto romantico dell'era vittoriana.
“Chi non osa afferrare le spine | non dovrebbe mai desiderare la rosa.”
Variante: Colui che non osa toccare la spina, non dovrebbe mai desiderare la rosa.
“La possibilità di morire c’è sempre; ed è sempre bene vivere tenendola presente.”
Helen Graham: cap. XLII, Una notizia sorprendente; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Gilbert Markham: cap. XI, Ancora il vicario; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
dalla prefazione alla seconda edizione del libro; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
dalla prefazione alla seconda edizione del libro; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Gilbert Markham: cap. III, Una controversia; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Helen Graham: cap. XXXII Paragoni informazione respinta; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Helen Graham: cap. XVI, Il consigli dell'esperienza; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Helen Graham: cap. III, Una controversia; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
“C'è sempre un "ma" in questo mondo imperfetto.”
Helen Graham: cap. XXII, Tratti di amicizia; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Peggy Maxwell: cap XVI, Il consigli dell'esperienza; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Helen Graham: cap. III, Una controversia; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Signora Markham: cap. III, Una controversia; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
Arthur Huntingdon, cap. XLII, Una notizia sorprendente; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
“A chi è dato meno, meno è richiesto; ma a tutti è richiesto di sforzarsi al massimo.”
Helen Graham: cap. XXIII, Prime settimane di matrimonio; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
“Ma se odio i peccati amo il peccatore e mi impegnerei per la sua redenzione.”
Helen Graham: cap. XVII, Ulteriori consigli; 2014
La signora di Wildfell Hall
“At your time of life, it's love that rules the roast: at mine, it's solid, serviceable gold.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XX : Persistence; Mr. Maxwell to Helen
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLV : Reconciliation; Helen to Gilbert
“You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLI : Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast; Helen to Esther
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXVIII : The Injured Man; Lord Lowborough to Ralph
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. VI : Progression; Gilbert to Mrs. Markham
“The more you loved your God the more deep and pure and true would be your love to me.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIII : First weeks of Matrimony; Helen to Arthur
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIX : The Neighbour; Helen to Walter
“No one can be happy in eternal solitude.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. VII : The Excursion; Helen to Fergus
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIV : First Quarrel; Helen to Arthur
“He cannot endure Rachel, because he knows she has a proper appreciation of him.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLIV : The Boundary Post; Helen Graham
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIII : First weeks of Matrimony; Arthur to Helen
“It is a woman's nature to be constant — to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXVII : Misdemeanour; Arthur to Helen
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Ralph to Helen
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLI : Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast; Helen and Esther
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLIX : "The Rain Descended..."; Helen to Arthur
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. VII : The Excursion; Helen and Gilbert
“When a lady condescends to apologize, there is no keeping one’s anger.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. V : The Studio; Gilbert Markham
said he, fervently pressing my hand.
"Yes."
Origine: Agnes Grey (1847), Ch. XXV : Conclusion
“I will not allow myself to be worse than my fellows.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXVII : The Neighbour Again; Walter to Helen
“There is perfect love in heaven!”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLV : Reconciliation; Helen to Gilbert
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XX : Persistence; Mrs. Maxwell to Helen
“It is quite possible to be a good Christian without ceasing to be a happy, merry-hearted man.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXIII : First weeks of Matrimony; Helen to Arthur
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. II : An Interview; Gilbert to Eliza
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXII : Traits of Friendship; Arthur to Helen
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXX : Domestic Scenes; Helen to Arthur
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XLII : A Reformation; Helen to Ralph
“To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.”
Origine: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXVI : The Guests; Helen Graham