Robert Browning on measurement
Robert Browning84 quotes“Measure your mind’s height by the shade it casts.”
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Robert BrowningRobert Browning As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning You call for faith: I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists. The more of doubt, the stronger faith, I say, If faith o’ercomes doubt.
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Robert BrowningRobert Browning Why stay on the earth except to grow.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Ah, love, – you are my unutterable blessing…..I am in full sunshine now.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne’er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me!
Robert BrowningRobert Browning There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which is the most bitter.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Love, hope, fear, faith – these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Escape me? Never, beloved! While I am I, and you are you.
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