ELIZABETH BROWNING QUOTES

"Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say: Colors seen by candle-light will not look the same by day.

A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.

All actual heroes are essential men, and all men possible heroes

Beloved, let us live so well our work shall still be better for our love, and still our love be sweeter for our work.

Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God.

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, and thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, a gauntlet with a gift in 't.

God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.

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

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life! —and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.