Robert Browning

Poet, Playwright

Robert Browning was a 19th-century English poet known for his innovative use of dramatic monologues and exploration of complex human emotions.

Born
May 7, 1812
Died
December 12, 1889
Quotes
333
Rank
#548

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"At last awake from life, that insane dream we take for waking now."

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"The best way to excape his ire Is, not to seem too happy."

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"Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work?"

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"Men are not angels, neither are they brutes."

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"In this world, who can do a thing, will not; And who would do it, cannot, I perceive: Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power — And thus we half-men struggle."

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"The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead."

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"I have lived, And seen God's hand thro a life time, And all was for the best."

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"Truth never hurt the teller."

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"God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her."

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"Ah, love, - you are my unutterable blessing.....I am in full sunshine now."

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"O world, as God has made it! All is beauty."

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"Believeth with the life, the pain shall stop."

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"Each life unfulfilled, you see; It hangs still, patchy and scrappy: We have not sighed deep, laughed free, Starved, feasted, despaired,—been happy."

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

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"The world and life's too big to pass for a dream"

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"Can we love but on condition that the thing we love must die?"

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"Man seeks his own good at the whole world's cost."

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"'Tis an awkward thing to play with souls."

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