Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed,—
As, God be thanked! I do not.


The Inn Album, iv. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Robert Browning Quotes

Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed,— As, God be thanked! I do not.

Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed,— As, God be thanked! I do not.

Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed,— As, God be thanked! I do not.

Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed,— As, God be thanked! I do not.