John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7122 Robert Browning 1812-1889 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 7122 |
AUTHOR: | Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
QUOTATION: | What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew? No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne’er forgets: May learn a thousand things, not twice the same. |
ATTRIBUTION: | A Death in the Desert. |