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Quotation from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
“Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour”
Jane Eyre, Chapter XXVII (Project Gutenberg #1260)
Torn by Rochester's pleading after the failed wedding, Jane resolves to keep the law given by God and leave him.
Citation: "Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour" — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XXVII (Project Gutenberg #1260). (id jane-eyre-q7)
Virtues: Fortitude, Temperance, Piety
Portrait: Jane Eyre title page, Unknown author, Public domain.
