Robert Browning

England
7 May 1812 // 12 Dec 1889
Poet, Playwright

Quotes

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On Life:

This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.

Youth and Art

On Time:

The only fault's with time;
All men become good creatures: but so slow!

Luria

On Faith:

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

Andrea del Sarto

On Love:

Might she have loved me? just as well
She might have hated, who can tell!

The Last Ride Together

On War:

He who did well in war just earns the right
To begin doing well in peace.

Luria

On Laughter:

To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,
And baffled, get up and begin again.

On Discernment:

Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.

Two in the Campagna

Some unsuspected isle in the far seas,
Some unsuspected isle in far-off seas.

Pippa Passes

On Geniality:

Genius has somewhat of the infantine;
But of the childish not a touch or taint.

Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a riband to stick in his coat.

The Lost Leader
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