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

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Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

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...

Faultless to a fault.

Faultless to a fault.

Oh, to be in England now that April's there.

Oh, to be in England now that April's there.

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?

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...

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...

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.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

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

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

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

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?

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...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him...

Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him...

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future