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

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.

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.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does...

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does...

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

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

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...

'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.

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...

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.

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.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

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...

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...

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

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

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

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...

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.