| 146 Famous Quotes by Lord Alfred Tennyson
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“And every dew-drop paints a bow.”
Dew Quotes Source: In Memoriam (pt. CXXII)
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“He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.”
Passion Quotes Source: Locksley Hall (st. 25)
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“But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.”
Loss Quotes Source: In Memoriam (pt. LXXVIII, st. 2)
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“That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.”
Loss Quotes Source: On Memoriam (pt. VI, st. 2)
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“Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky!”
Rainbows Quotes Source: Idylls of the King--The Coming of Arthur (l. 401)
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“In time there is no present,
In eternity no future,
In eternity no past.”
Eternity Quotes Source: The "How" and the "Why"
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“Red ruin and the breaking-up of all.”
Ruin Quotes Source: Idylls of the King--Guinevere
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“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?”
Dreams Quotes |
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“So much to do, so little done, such things to be.”
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“Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.”
Pain Quotes |
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“A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.”
Smile Quotes |
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“I am a part of all that I have seen.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes |
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“Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die.”
Confidence Quotes |
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“God's finger touched him, and he slept.”
Death / immortality Quotes |
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“If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of. - The Passing of Arthur.”
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“I hold it true,what'er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all. - In Memoriam.”
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“Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever. - The Brook.”
Literature Quotes |
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Lord Alfred Tennyson Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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