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Robert Browning Quotes

Robert Browning quotes about men

English Poet May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889

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Rats. They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles. Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats. By drowning their speaking. With shrieking and squeaking. In fifty different sharps and flats. Robert Browning
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
Robert Browning quote: "Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who..."
Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds? Robert Browning
Robert Browning quote: "Women hate a debt as men a gift."
Women hate a debt as men a gift. Robert Browning

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