Who said “The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.”?

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceAurora Leigh (1857)

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Browning, E. B. (n.d.). The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7712-the-beautiful-seems-right-by-force-of-beauty/

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7712-the-beautiful-seems-right-by-force-of-beauty/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/7712-the-beautiful-seems-right-by-force-of-beauty/.

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