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• For I say this is death and the sole death,-- When a man's loss comes to him from his gain, Darkness from light, from knowledge ignorance, And lack of love from love made manifest.
  -- Robert Browning (1812-1890) -- A Death in the Dese...
• Progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the bea
  God is, they are; Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be....
• When I hear the word "Culture" I pick up my Browning. -- Hanns Johst (1890-?)
• The body sprang At once to the height, and stayed; but the soul,--no!
  -- Robert Browning (1812-1890) -- A Death in the Dese...
• Give us, O give us, the man who is cheerful in his work!
  Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness....
• I got into an elevator at work and this man followed in after me.
  .. I pushed '1' and he just stood there... I said 'Hi, where you going?...
• Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning
• Ah, but a man's grasp should exceed his reach, Or what's a heaven for ?
  -- Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto...