Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier." - Meaning and context.">
Ch. XXXVII : The Neighbour Again; Helen to Walter
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Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.

— Anne Brontë

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier." in the context of "Ch. XXXVII : The Neighbour Again; Helen to Walter" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Anne Brontë

About Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest sibling of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, who published her works under the pseudonyms Acton Bell. The three women collectively became known as the Brontë sisters.