| 146 Famous Quotes by Lord Alfred Tennyson
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“Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam, pt. VI
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“And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“As many men, so many opinions.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“Deception follows on the heels of deception.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“Give place to your superiors.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“I give not gold for mere expectations.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“This is the reward of my folly.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: In Memoriam (XVIII, st. 1)
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“Authority forgets a dying king,
Laid widow'd of the power in his eye
That bow'd the will.”
Authority Quotes Source: Morte d'Arthur (l. 121)
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“I held it truth, with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping stones
Or their dead selves to higher things.”
Growth Quotes Source: In Memoriam (pt. I)
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“The great world's altar stairs
That slope through darkness up to God.”
Growth Quotes Source: In Memoriam (pt. LV)
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“And ye talk together still,
In the language wherewith Spring
Letters cowslips on the hill.”
Cowslips Quotes Source: Adeline (st. 5)
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