Anne Bradstreet Quotes about Life

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If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Inspirational, Life, Appreciation

Anne Bradstreet, Adelaide P. Amore (1982). “A woman's inner world: selected poetry and prose of Anne Bradstreet”

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Life, Inheritance

We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above.

Life, Cities, May

Anne Bradstreet, Jeannine Hensley (1967). “The Works of Anne Bradstreet”, p.283, Harvard University Press