“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”
A Sort of Life, ch. 7, sct. 1 (1971)
“The sad rhyme of the men who proudly clung
To their first fault, and withered in their pride.”
Part 4.
Paracelsus (1835)
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To their first fault, and withered in their pride." by Robert Browning?
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