White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.

Quote by Robert Browning

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

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

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...

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?

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,...

My sun sets to rise again.

My sun sets to rise again.

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

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

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

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?

And gain is gain, however small

And gain is gain, however small

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...

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

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

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

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...

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

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...

From the ends of the earth

From the ends of the earth

Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like...

Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like...

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

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...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord. (Psalms...

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord. (Psalms...