An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it impossible to be great at all.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

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

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

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword....

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword....

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

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

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

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