In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity

Quote by Robert Browning

Topics: Earth Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Praise Quotes, Vanity Quotes

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant...

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant...

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...

But facts are facts and flinch not

But facts are facts and flinch not

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

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

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:...

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

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

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

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Love is energy of life.

Love is energy of life.

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...

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...

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...

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?

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.

People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a...

People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a...

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...