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.

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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?

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...

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.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break,...

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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?

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

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, -...

A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be...

A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...