A minute's success pays the failure of years.

Quote by Robert Browning

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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:...

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

Love is energy of life.

Love is energy of life.

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...

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

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

Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.

Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

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, -...

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

But facts are facts and flinch not

But facts are facts and flinch not

I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this...

I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this...

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the...

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the...

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

My sun sets to rise again.

My sun sets to rise again.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never...

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never...