Authority forgets a dying king.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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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...

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

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

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

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

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...

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

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

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

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.

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...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

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

I am a part of all that I have met.

I am a part of all that I have met.

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

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

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.