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Quotations by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed.
But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!
Added on 2-Jan-08 | Last updated 2-Jan-08
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The devil’s most devilish when respectable.
Added on 21-Mar-14 | Last updated 21-Mar-14
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Topics: appearance, elite, evil, guise, nobility
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‘Yes,’ I answered you last night;
‘No,’ this morning, sir, I say.
Colors seen by candle-light,
Will not look the same by day.
Added on 2-May-13 | Last updated 13-Jul-17
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Topics: agreement, assent, change of mind, day, disagreement, inconsistency, moment, night, no, reflection, variability, yes
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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 it.
Added on 10-Dec-07 | Last updated 10-Dec-07
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Men get opinions as boys learn to spell: by reiteration chiefly.
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 1-Feb-04
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