Top 28 Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

These are some quotes by English author Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poet, who lived between March 6, 1806 and June 29, 1861.

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

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.

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.'

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

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

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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

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

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.

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

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