Quotes from Elizabeth Barrett Browning


    Sorted by Popularity


    What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.

    Wine | Dream | Grapes


    Since when was genius found respectable?

    Genius | Found


    He lives most life whoever breathes most air.

    Life | Air | Breathes


    An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.

    Great | Ignorance | Greatness


    If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.

    Faith | Desire


    God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

    Dreams | Best | God


    Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

    God | Shoes | Earth


    First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white.

    Time | White | Clean


    For tis not in mere death that men die most.

    Men | Death | Die


    A woman is always younger than a man at equal years.

    Woman | Equal | Younger


    The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

    Death | Happy | Unhappy


    What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

    Power | Genius | Expressing


    The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

    Beauty | Beautiful | Weakness


    Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

    Rare | Suddenly | Vanished


    He said true things, but called them by wrong names.

    Wrong | Names


    You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

    Anniversary | Life | Loved


    At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

    Reading | Impossible | Painful


    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

    Love | Count | Ways


    But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!

    Strong | Silence | Child


    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

    Love | Soul | Height


       

      Popular Topics


      Popular Authors

      Authors On The News

      A Quote from the stars