The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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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.

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...

Authority forgets a dying king.

Authority forgets a dying king.

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

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...

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

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

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

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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

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...

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

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...

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

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

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?

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.

If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten...

If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...