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Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if you seek them, they do not hide; if you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes - The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Light tomorrow with today!
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
My sun sets to raise again.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Since when was genius found respectable?
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The iron gate ground its teeth to let me pass!
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
There, that is our secret: go to sleep! You will wake, and remember, and understand.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Thou large-brained woman and large-hearted man.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What's the Greek name for Swine's Snout?
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Who so loves believes the impossible.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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.'
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
For tis not in mere death that men die most.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning