If two lives join, there is oft a scar. They are one and one, with a shadowy third; One near one is too far.
Robert BrowningRead
Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes that a person's potential and intentions are more significant than their current actions.
Robert Browning's quote suggests that the true value of a person lies not in their completed actions but in their aspirations and the moral choices they strive to make. It implies that one's character is defined by ambition and the ideals a person holds, rather than merely their present achievements.
Themes
PotentialAspirationIntentionsCharacterMorality
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire individuals to pursue their dreams.
More from Robert Browning
All quotes βTis Man's to explore up and down, inch by inch, with the taper his reason.
Robert BrowningRead
I think, am sure, a brother's love exceeds_x000D_ _x000D_ All the world's loves in its unworldliness.
Robert BrowningRead
I dare not so honor my mere wishes and prayers as to put them for a moment beside your noble acts; but this know, I would rather submit to the worst of deaths, so far as pain goes, than have a single dog or cat tortured on the pretence of sparing me a twinge or two.
Robert BrowningRead
How well I know what I mean to do When the long dark Autumn evenings come, And where, my soul, is thy pleasant hue? With the music of all thy voices, dumb In lifeβs November too! I shall be found by the fire, suppose, Oβer a great wise book as beseemeth age, While the shutters flap as the cross-wind blows, And I turn the page, and I turn the page, Not verse now, only prose!
Robert BrowningRead
How good is life, the mere living!
Robert BrowningRead
Similar quotes
We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought.
Josiah RoyceRead
It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.
Roger EbertRead
This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me
Walt WhitmanRead
Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way.
Will DurantRead
You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe.
Eckhart TolleRead
We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.
Abdul KalamRead