Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first… — Charlotte Bronte
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · 1848
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Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics, 2006, preface to the 2nd ed.
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Brontë, Charlotte, [published as Currer Bell]. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, 2nd ed. London: Service and Patton, 1848, preface.
