Robert Browning Quotes

Blot out his name, then, record one lost soul more,One task more declin'd, one more foot-path ontrod,One more devil's triumph and sorrow for angels,One wrong more to man, one more insult to God!

Love is the energy of life.

In this world, who can do a thing, will not;And who would do it, cannot, I perceive:Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power —And thus we half-men struggle.

When a man's busy leisure strikes him as a wonderful pleasure and at leisure once is he? Straightway he wants to be busy.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?

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

The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the foe; where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, yet, the strong man must go.

Blot out his name, then, record one lost soul more,  One task more declined, one more footpath untrod,One more devils’-triumph and sorrow for angels,  One wrong more to man, one more insult to God!

I... know what I do and am unmoved by men's blame or their praise either.

Grow old along with me--the best is yet to be,

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made ...

Make us happy and you make us good.

Your children are not dead. They are just waiting until the world deserves them.

Ah but a man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?