“You can never be wise unless you love reading.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Source: Life of Johnson, Vol 4
“Unless you can muse in a crowd all day
On the absent face that fixed you;
Unless you can love, as the angels may,
With the breadth of heaven betwixt you”
A Woman's Shortcomings http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning/14908, st. 5 (1850). <br class="br">Context: Unless you can muse in a crowd all day<br>On the absent face that fixed you;<br>Unless you can love, as the angels may,<br>With the breadth of heaven betwixt you;<br>Unless you can dream that his faith is fast,<br>Through behoving and unbehoving;<br>Unless you can die when the dream is past —<br>Oh, never call it loving!
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A Woman's Shortcomings http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning/14908, st. 5 (1850). <br class="br">Context: Unless you can muse in a crowd all day<br>On the absent face that fixed you;<br>Unless you can love, as the angels may,<br>With the breadth of heaven betwixt you;<br>Unless you can dream that his faith is fast,<br>Through behoving and unbehoving;<br>Unless you can die when the dream is past —<br>Oh, never call it loving!
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