Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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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

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

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

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

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk...

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk...

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing...

Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing...

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.

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

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

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

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

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

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.

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

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.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

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...

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

Authority forgets a dying king

Authority forgets a dying king

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.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.