Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

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...

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.

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...

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

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

Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere...

Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere...

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

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...

I am a part of all that I have met; yet all experience is an...

I am a part of all that I have met; yet all experience is an...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

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.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

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

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

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?

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...

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.

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!