Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

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...

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

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

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.

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

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

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.

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

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...

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...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

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...

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.