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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Authority forgets a dying king.

Authority forgets a dying king.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

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...

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

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.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

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

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

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

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

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

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.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

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.

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

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...

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...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a...

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a...

I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.

I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.