I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne’er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me!
ROBERT BROWNINGMeasure your mind’s height by the shade it casts.
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Good to forgive, Best to forget.
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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
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Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear.
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Of what I call God, And fools call Nature.
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You call for faith: I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists. The more of doubt, the stronger faith, I say, If faith o’ercomes doubt.
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Earth is crammed with heavens.
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Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
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At last awake from life, that insane dream we take for waking now.
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Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also.
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God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her.
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The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!
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I judge people by what they might be, – not are, nor will be.
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Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain.
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My sun sets to rise again.
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A minute’s success pays the failure of years.
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