“When the fight begins within himself, / A man's worth something.”

— Robert Browning, Bishop Blougram's Apology, line 693, Men and Women, 1855

About Robert Browning

1812 – 1889

English poet and playwright, known for his dramatic monologues.

“Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.”

“Good, to forgive; best to forget.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”