“Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.” StillsEarthSkySonMountainAmbitionLaughterRaisesVainToilMadmenSurveysMy Ambition Book:The Works of Alexander Pope Esq Source: The Works of Alexander Pope Esq
“Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself, That I recoil and droop, and seek repose In listlessness from vain perplexity, Unprofitably travelling towards the grave.” StillsAbsolutesGravesChosenVainAccomplishmentThemeImperfectionReposePerplexityRecoil Author:William Wordsworth
“It is scarcely exaggeration to say that if one is not a little mad about Balzac at twenty, one will never live; and if at forty one can still take Rastignac and Lucien de Rubempre at Balzac's own estimate, one has lived in vain.” IfsLittlesStillsTwentiesMadVainFortyExaggerationTwenty OneBalzac Book:Not Under Forty Source: Not Under Forty