Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

10 quotes

As an English poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning earned a lasting place in the canon of memorable quotations. Whether reflecting on Death or Love, Elizabeth Barrett Browning brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 13 quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning that cover ground from Death, Love, God, Power, and Men. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."

“The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Beauty

All Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

God

“Who so loves believes the impossible.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love

“If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Faith

“What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Power

“The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Beauty

“If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love

“For tis not in mere death that men die most.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Death

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

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Best

“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

Death

“Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Death