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

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Elderly Quotes

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...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

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 the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

'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...

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

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...

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

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...

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.

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...

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

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...

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

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

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth