Quote by: Anne Bronte

Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation, or too little acquainted with vice, or anything connected therewith – It must be, either, that you think she is essentially so vicious, or so feeble-minded that she cannot withstand temptation, - and though she may be pure and innocent as long as she is kept in ignorance and restraint, yet, being destitute of real virtue, to teach her how to sin is at once to make her a sinner...


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Author Bio


  • NameAnne Bronte
  • DescriptionBritish novelist and poet
  • AliasesActon Bell
  • BornJanuary 17, 1820
  • DiedMay 28, 1849
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Novelist
  • WorksThe Tenant Of Wildfell Hall