Quote by Robert Browning
Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do! - R

Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do! – Robert Browning

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I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God. – Robert Browning

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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. – Robert Browning

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Finds progress, mans distinctive mark alone, Not Gods, and not the beasts God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be. – Robert Browning

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There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by ones own industry, or by the stupidity of others. – Jean De La Bruyere

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He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Ambition is not what man does… but what man would do. – Robert Browning

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Hasty climbers have sudden falls. – Italian Proverb

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