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You had no right to be born for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable b

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"You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength"

- Charlotte Bronte

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This quote is written / told by Charlotte Bronte between April 21, 1816 and March 31, 1855. He/she was a famous Novelist from United Kingdom. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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