T. E. Brown Professions : PoetBorn : 1830Died : 1897 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by T. E. Brown I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting. T. E. Brown fittinglimitswriting A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! T. E. Brown wotgardenbeauty A rich man's joke is always funny. T. E. Brown inspirationcutemen As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future. T. E. Brown motherpatiencesweet Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste. T. E. Brown doemenart It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end. T. E. Brown always-tryingcollegewish Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure. T. E. Brown mirrorscallinggiving The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing. T. E. Brown phoneticsschemesuncertain Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
