It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have… — Charlotte Bronte
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · 1847
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Current citation
Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics, 2006, ch. 12.
Original citation
Brontë, Charlotte, [published as Currer Bell]. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. Vol. 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847, ch. 12.
