When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again ve…

Charlotte Bronte
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When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2013). Jane Eyre, p.75, Simon and Schuster
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When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2013). Jane Eyre, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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