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64 Wonderful Quotes By Robert Browning, The Great English Poet

Famous As: Poet & Playwright
Born On: May 7, 1812
Died On: December 12, 1889
Born In: Camberwell
Died At Age: 77
Robert Browning was a 19th century poet and playwright. His proficiency in dramatic monologue made him one of the most celebrated Victorian poets. He was able to read and write by the age of 5, and composed an entire set of poems when he was 12. His first publication was ‘Pauline’, a series of poems that were criticized for containing a lot of personal information. Owing to the criticism of ‘Pauline’, he vowed to never include personal information in his writings. His book 'Men and Women' talked the relationship between him and the love of his life, Elizabeth. Browning wrote and published dramatic monologues that revolved around ‘painters’, ‘writers’ and ‘mad-men’. ‘Porphyria's Lover’, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ and ‘My Last Duchess’ are some of his distinguished poems. Browning’s work, writings, thoughts, sayings and poems got recognition that he truly deserved when he was in his 60s. His poems, works, thoughts, quotations and writings still attract a large number of readership. Read On the quotes and sayings by this renowned poet.
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Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.

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

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

Robert Browning
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!

Robert Browning
How sad and bad and mad it was - but then, how it was sweet

How sad and bad and mad it was - but then, how it was sweet

Robert Browning
Love is the energy of life.

Love is the energy of life.

Robert Browning
I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.

I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.

Robert Browning
I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

Robert Browning
Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

Robert Browning
Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

Robert Browning
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Robert Browning
Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Robert Browning
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

Robert Browning
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

Robert Browning
Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character

Robert Browning
God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

Robert Browning
Without love, our earth is a tomb

Without love, our earth is a tomb

Robert Browning
What's the earth
With all its art, verse, music, worth —
Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?

What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth — Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?

Robert Browning
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.

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.

Robert Browning
On a day like today I am stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.

On a day like today I am stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.

Robert Browning
If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing god invents

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing god invents

Robert Browning
Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.

Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.

Robert Browning
A minute’s success pays the failure of years.

A minute’s success pays the failure of years.

Robert Browning
Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her- Next time, herself!-not the trouble behind her

Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her- Next time, herself!-not the trouble behind her

Robert Browning
A lion may die of an ass's kick.

A lion may die of an ass's kick.

Robert Browning
The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven—
All's right with the world!

The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn; God's in His heaven— All's right with the world!

Robert Browning
Open my heart and you will see
Graved inside of it,

Open my heart and you will see Graved inside of it, "Italy".

Robert Browning
I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.

I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.

Robert Browning
As is your sort of mind,
So is your sort of search:
You will find what you desire.

As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire.

Robert Browning
But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.

Robert Browning
Women hate a debt as men a gift.

Women hate a debt as men a gift.

Robert Browning
My whole life long I learn'd to love,
This hour my utmost art I prove.
And speak my passion—— heaven or hell?
She will not give me heaven? 'Tis well!

My whole life long I learn'd to love, This hour my utmost art I prove. And speak my passion—— heaven or hell? She will not give me heaven? 'Tis well!

Robert Browning
What youth deemed crystal,age finds out was dew

What youth deemed crystal,age finds out was dew

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

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

Robert Browning
This world's no blot for us,
Nor blank; it means intensely, and means good:
To find its meaning is my meat and drink.

This world's no blot for us, Nor blank; it means intensely, and means good: To find its meaning is my meat and drink.

Robert Browning
What a name! Was it love or praise?
Speech half-asleep or song half-awake?
I must learn Spanish, one of these days,
Only for that slow sweet name's sake.

What a name! Was it love or praise? Speech half-asleep or song half-awake? I must learn Spanish, one of these days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake.

Robert Browning
It is the glory and good of Art
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth - to mouths like mine, at least.

It is the glory and good of Art That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth - to mouths like mine, at least.

Robert Browning
Grow old with me. the best is yet to be.
the last of life for which the first was made.

Grow old with me. the best is yet to be. the last of life for which the first was made.

Robert Browning
Smiling the boy fell dead.

Smiling the boy fell dead.

Robert Browning
What if we still ride on, we two 
With life for ever old yet new, 
Changed not in kind but in degree, 
The instant made eternity

What if we still ride on, we two With life for ever old yet new, Changed not in kind but in degree, The instant made eternity

Robert Browning
The Best Is Yet To Be

The Best Is Yet To Be

Robert Browning
One taste of the old time sets all to rights.

One taste of the old time sets all to rights.

Robert Browning
Just when I seemed about to learn!
Where is the thread now? Off again!
The old trick! Only I discern - 
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.

Just when I seemed about to learn! Where is the thread now? Off again! The old trick! Only I discern - Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.

Robert Browning
The good stars met in your horoscope,
Made you of spirit and fire and dew.

The good stars met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit and fire and dew.

Robert Browning
Grow old along with me!
 The best is yet to be,
 The last of life, for which the first was made ...

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made ...

Robert Browning
Any nose
May ravage with impunity a rose.

Any nose May ravage with impunity a rose.

Robert Browning
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph.

Robert Browning
O lyric love! half angel half bird

O lyric love! half angel half bird

Robert Browning
Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also

Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also

Robert Browning
Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Robert Browning
I was ever a fighter, so---one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes and forbore, and bade me creep past.

I was ever a fighter, so---one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes and forbore, and bade me creep past.

Robert Browning
Life with all it yields of joy and woe,
And hope and fear,
Is just our chance o’ the prize of learning love,
How love might be, hath been indeed, and is.

Life with all it yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, Is just our chance o’ the prize of learning love, How love might be, hath been indeed, and is.

Robert Browning
Why stay we on earth except to grow?

Why stay we on earth except to grow?

Robert Browning
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.

Robert Browning
When a man’s busy, why, leisure
Strikes him as wonderful pleasure:
‘Faith, and at leisure once is he?
Straightway he wants to be busy.

When a man’s busy, why, leisure Strikes him as wonderful pleasure: ‘Faith, and at leisure once is he? Straightway he wants to be busy.

Robert Browning
Who was a queen and loved a poet once
Humpbacked, a dwarf? ah, women can do that!

Who was a queen and loved a poet once Humpbacked, a dwarf? ah, women can do that!

Robert Browning
Truth is within ourselves…there is an inmost center in us all..where truth abides in fulness--and to know,rather consists in open out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape

Truth is within ourselves…there is an inmost center in us all..where truth abides in fulness--and to know,rather consists in open out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape

Robert Browning
Womanliness means only motherhood;
All love begins and ends there.

Womanliness means only motherhood; All love begins and ends there.

Robert Browning
A man's reach should exceed his grasp

A man's reach should exceed his grasp

Robert Browning
Blot out his name, then, record one lost soul more,
One task more declin'd, one more foot-path ontrod,
One more devil's triumph and sorrow for angels,
One wrong more to man, one more insult to God!

Blot out his name, then, record one lost soul more, One task more declin'd, one more foot-path ontrod, One more devil's triumph and sorrow for angels, One wrong more to man, one more insult to God!

Robert Browning
What if all's appearance? Is not outside seeming real as substance inside? Both are facts, so leave me dreaming.

What if all's appearance? Is not outside seeming real as substance inside? Both are facts, so leave me dreaming.

Robert Browning
God made all the creatures and them our love and out fear,
To give sign, we and they are his children, one family here.

God made all the creatures and them our love and out fear, To give sign, we and they are his children, one family here.

Robert Browning
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for?

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

Robert Browning
I find earth not gray but rosy;
Heaven not grim but fair of hue.
Do I stoop? I pluck a posy; Do I stand and stare? All's blue.

I find earth not gray but rosy; Heaven not grim but fair of hue. Do I stoop? I pluck a posy; Do I stand and stare? All's blue.

Robert Browning