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.

Quote by Robert Browning

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

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

I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty...

I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty...

There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music.

There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music.

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other...

There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other...

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, For...

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, For...

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders.

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders.

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by...

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by...

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God...

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God...

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what...

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...