White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.

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Robert Browning was a 19th-century English poet and playwright. Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life

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