A day may sink or save a realm.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but...

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but...

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

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

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.

Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.

'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.

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law - Tho' Nature, red...

Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law - Tho' Nature, red...

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she...

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she...

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

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...

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds

There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

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.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

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.

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's...

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's...

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but...

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...