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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
Charlotte Bronte

Approximate author period: c. 1835 AD · industrial

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Charlotte Bronte
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Approximate author period: c. 1835 AD · industrial
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Charlotte Bronte: recorded author lifetime 1816–1855. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/charlotte-bronte (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is charlotte-bronte; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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