Robert Browning Quotes

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• 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… Afraid
• Out of your whole life give but a moment! All of your life that has gone before, All to come after it, -so you ignore,… All
• Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true. Acceptance
• I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists. Doubt
• 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… Asleep
• Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist. Atheist
• That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good: I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow… All
• Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything. Autumn
• Pippa's Song The year's at the spring The day's at the morn Morning's at seven, The Hill side's dew-pearled The lark's on the wing The… All
• how sad and bad and mad it was - but then, how it was sweet Bad
• Smiling the boy fell dead. Boy
• Paracelsus At times I almost dream I too have spent a life the sages’ way, And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance I perished in… Act
• Each life unfulfilled, you see; It hangs still, patchy and scrappy: We have not sighed deep, laughed free, Starved, feasted, despaired,—been happy. Been
• How well I know what I mean to do When the long dark Autumn evenings come, And where, my soul, is thy pleasant hue? With… Age
• 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,… Half
• grow old with me. the best is yet to be. the last of life for which the first was made. Anniversary
• Rats They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And… Ate
• I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever. Become Yours
• As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire. Desire
• Who knows but the world may end tonight End

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