Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Robert Browning Quotes: I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.
         

I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.


Robert Browning
Check all other quotes by Robert Browning

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Robert Browning Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/I-know-what-I-want-and-what-1007054>.




Tags



Check out


Other quotes of Robert Browning



Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.



Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.



Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.



Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.



Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.



Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.

Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.



I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.



It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad.

It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad.



Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this world's life.

Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this world's life.





Other quotes you may like


The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live-moreover, the only one.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live-moreover, the only one.



Truth was such a tricky thing when it came to children. When was it good medicine and when was it poison

Truth was such a tricky thing when it came to children. When was it good medicine and when was it poison



A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.



What do you feel like you SHOULD be doing instead of writing? IF you have an answer, then you have guilt. The "should" of life are always linked to guilt.

What do you feel like you SHOULD be doing instead of writing? IF you have an answer, then you have guilt. The "should" of life are always linked to guilt.



Think of how they must have loved when all they had was each other.

Think of how they must have loved when all they had was each other.



I put the ick in magic.

I put the ick in magic.



Your style is formed by what you can't do.

Your style is formed by what you can't do.



Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.



Character Education helps to create an environment for caring and learning in schools.

Character Education helps to create an environment for caring and learning in schools.



Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea; the other was elected vice president of the United States. And nothing was heard of either of them again.

Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea; the other was elected vice president of the United States. And nothing was heard of either of them again.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.". Author of this quote is Robert Browning. This quote is about gains, might,.