Home / Quotes / Quote by Robert Browning

Quote by Robert Browning

“White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so; life's business being just the terrible choice.”

Author

Robert Browning

Robert Browning was a prominent Victorian poet known for his intricate poetic structures and profound psychological insights. His works covered themes such as love, death, religion, and morality, and had a profound impact on later poets. more

“I had no companions to quarrel with, nobody to assist, and nobody to thank... the evil consequence of all this was not, however, what might perhaps have been expected, that I grew up selfish or non affectionate; but that, when affection did come, it came with a violence utterly rampant and unmanageable.”

Has Beens Might Evil Violence Grew Grew Up Consequence Affection Expected Selfish Companion Wickedness Quarrels Affectionate

Author:John Ruskin

“Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.”

Character Together Lying Evil Unity Artistic Good And Evil Wickedness

Author:Lord Acton

“An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night, a burglar, whose heart is true, despite his wicked-looking face, who puts the little child in doom, to save her mamma's jewel case. This may bring tears to every eye; it does not set my heart on fire. I'd like to stand serenely by and watch that horrid child expire.”

“Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.”

Evil Left Moral Effects Wickedness

Book:Life and Writings

Source: Life and Writings

“Evil springs up, and flowers, and bears no seed, And feeds the green earth with its swift decay, Leaving it richer for the growth of truth.”

Earth Evil Growth Flower Bears Spring Green Leaving Seeds Decay Wickedness Green Earth

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Quote by Robert Browning

Author

You May Also Like