Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

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.

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

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

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

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.

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

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

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

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.

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...

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...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

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

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

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.

The older order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfills himself in many ways,...

The older order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfills himself in many ways,...

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...

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

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

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

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.