But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.

Quote by Robert Browning

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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, -...

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...

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

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

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...

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the...

God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the...

And gain is gain, however small

And gain is gain, however small

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart...

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart...

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook...

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook...

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave...

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave...

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

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

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

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

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

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?

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious...

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious...

Progress is The law of life, man is not man as yet

Progress is The law of life, man is not man as yet

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...

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

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?

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...