"Andrea del Sarto", line 70
"Less is more" is often misattributed to architects Buckminster Fuller or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is something of a motto for minimalist philosophy. It was used in 1774 by Christoph Martin Wieland.
Men and Women (1855)
"A Grammarian's Funeral", line 115.
Men and Women (1855)
Robert Browning The Ring and the Book
And Law does listen and compose the strife,
Settle the suit, how wisely and how well!
On our Pompilia, faultless to a fault,
Law bends a brow maternally severe,
Implies the worth of perfect chastity,
By fancying the flaw she cannot find.
Book IX : Juris Doctor Johannes-Baptista Bottinius, Fisci et Rev. Cam. Apostol. Advocatus.
The Ring and the Book (1868-69)
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Asolando, "Epilogue" (1889).
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Apparent Failure, vii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Asolando, "Epilogue" (1889).
“So may a glory from defect arise.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Deaf and Dumb.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Cenciaja.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Was never evening yet
But seemed far beautifuller than its day.”
Robert Browning The Ring and the Book
Book VII: Pompilia, line 357.
The Ring and the Book (1868-69)
“Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Two in the Campagna, xii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?”
"A Toccata of Galuppi's", line 42.
Men and Women (1855)
Memorabilia, i.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The lie was dead
And damned, and truth stood up instead.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics: Count Gismond (1842), xiii.
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
The Statue and the Bust.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I judge people by what they might be,—not are, nor will be.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
A Soul's Tragedy (1846), Act ii.
