We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

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.

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.

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...

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

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...

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but...

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but...

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

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

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...

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

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...

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

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

Authority forgets a dying king.

Authority forgets a dying king.

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,...

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost...

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost...

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

The beauty in me loves the beauty in you.

The beauty in me loves the beauty in you.