The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

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.

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...

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

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?

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...

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

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.

'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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

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

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

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

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...

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.