I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air beat upward to god's throne in loud access of shrieking and reproach

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

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 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.

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

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

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.

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.