Authority forgets a dying king.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see...

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see...

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...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

'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.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

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...

'Tis the little rift within the lute - That by and by will make the...

'Tis the little rift within the lute - That by and by will make the...

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven...

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven...

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

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

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

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.

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

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

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.

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...

You cannot inherit experience

You cannot inherit experience

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...