“Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.” Robert Browning GodHighThank
“But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?” Robert Browning LieLifePast
“God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.” Robert Browning GodJustice
“I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.” Robert Browning BeautyLawNatureTimeTrust
“It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.” Robert Browning GoodTruth
“Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away.” Robert Browning
“That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!” Robert Browning CareRapWise
“The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.” Robert Browning
“Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.” Robert Browning FeelGodHeaven
“What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.” Robert Browning Old
“Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?” Robert Browning
“You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls.” Robert Browning KissOld
“One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.” Robert Browning FightWar
“Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.” Robert Browning Dog
