What the world stigmatizes as romantic, is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed; for, if the generous ideas of youth are too often over-clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false." - Meaning and context.">
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Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen to Milicent
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What the world stigmatizes as romantic, is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed; for, if the generous ideas of youth are too often over-clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false.

— Anne Brontë

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What the world stigmatizes as romantic, is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed; for, if the generous ideas of youth are too often over-clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false." in the context of "Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen to Milicent" 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.