It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most…

Charlotte Bronte
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It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2013). Jane Eyre, p.75, Simon and Schuster
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It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2013). Jane Eyre, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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