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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"Oh never star Was lost here but it rose afar."

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"Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!"

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"My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made."

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"Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe, all were for me, in the kiss of one girl."

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"Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven."

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

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"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with."

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"He guides me and the bird. In His good time!"

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"The sad rhyme of the men who proudly clung To their first fault, and withered in their pride."

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"Go in thy native innocence, rely On what thou hast of virtue, summon all, For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine."

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"Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain"

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"I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize."

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"Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best."

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"All's love, yet all's law."

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