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Robert Browning Quotes: In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity
         

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity


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Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.



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

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



Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.



Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.



Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.



Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.

Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.



I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.



It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad.

It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad.



Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this world's life.

Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this world's life.





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Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism.

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Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?

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