"It is not merely the likeness which is……" — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever! It is the very sanctification of portraits I think - and it is not at all monstrous in me to say that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved, than the noblest Artist's work ever produced."
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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185 Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
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How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.
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My sun sets to raise again.
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Since when was genius found respectable?
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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since,…
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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I…
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If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.
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Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
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Who so loves believes the impossible.
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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours…
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God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
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You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my…
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