Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

No life that breathes with human breath has ever truly longed for death.

No life that breathes with human breath has ever truly longed for death.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The...

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The...

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for...

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for...

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

I am a part of all that I have met.

I am a part of all that I have met.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

All experience is an arch where through gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for...

All experience is an arch where through gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for...

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.