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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Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

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

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

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

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.

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

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...

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....

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...

Grief makes one hour ten

Grief makes one hour ten

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the...

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a...

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his...

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his...

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

Compare your griefs with other men's and they will seem less

Compare your griefs with other men's and they will seem less

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

To bury grief plant a seed.

To bury grief plant a seed.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.