Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

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...

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

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.

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

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

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

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

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are...

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are...

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...

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The...

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The...

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?

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

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...

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...

Authority forgets a dying king.

Authority forgets a dying king.

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.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.