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Quotation from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
“It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you”
Jane Eyre, Chapter VI (Project Gutenberg #1260)
Helen answers Jane's vow to resist unjust punishment by counselling patience, and goes on to cite the Bible's command to return good for evil.
Citation: "It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you" — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter VI (Project Gutenberg #1260). (id jane-eyre-q2)
Virtues: Fortitude, Temperance
Portrait: Jane Eyre title page, Unknown author, Public domain.
