I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred Lord Tennyson
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
That man’s the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away. Alfred Lord Tennyson
He makes no friends who never made a foe. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Faith lives in honest doubt. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. Alfred Lord Tennyson
The greater man, the greater courtesy. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits. Alfred Lord Tennyson