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

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

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.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

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.

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...

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...

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.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

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...

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...

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.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

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

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

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

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...

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you...

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...