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• Things seen are mightier than things heard.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Sight, Heard

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1214, Delphi Classics

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

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Nature, Soul, Half

  'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 5

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• The still affection of the heart Became an outward breathing type, That into stillness past again, And left a want unknown before; Although the loss had brought us pain, That loss but made us love the more.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Pain, Heart, Loss

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.294, Delphi Classics

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• In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.

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  Past, Eternity

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.178, Delphi Classics

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• The greater man the greater courtesy.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Men, Courtesy, Manners

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Last Tournament' (1859) l. 628

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

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Worry, Despair, Action

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• Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Ignorance, Long, Naked

  Alfred Lord Tennyson (2013). “Idylls of the King”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

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  Love, Dream, Art

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.588, Delphi Classics

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• Life is not as idle ore,
  But iron dug from central gloom,
  And heated hot with burning fears,
  And dipt in baths of hissing tears,
  And batter'd with the shocks of doom,
  To shape and use.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Iron, Tears

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.840, Delphi Classics

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• He makes no friend who never made a foe.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Friendship, Military, No Friends

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Lancelot and Elaine' (1859) l. 1080

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• Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.

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  Soul, Might, Christ

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.897, Delphi Classics

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• If I make dark my countenance, I shut my life from happier chance.

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  Dark, Negativity, Chance

  Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.31, Cambridge University Press

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

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Strength, Heart

  "Sir Galahad" l. 3 (1842)

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• Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt, And cling to faith beyond the forms of faith; She reels not at the storm of warring words; She brightens at the clash of "Yes" and "No"; She sees the best that glimmers through the worst; She feels the sun is hid for the night; She spies the summer through the winter bud; She tastes the fruit before the blossom falls; She hears the lark within the songless egg; She finds the fountain where they wailed "Mirage!"

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  Summer, Fall, Winter

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1376, Delphi Classics

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• Attain the unattainable.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Success, Unattainable

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• For love reflects the thing beloved.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Beloved

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.80, Broadview Press

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• Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Spiritual, Hands, Breathing

  'The Higher Pantheism' (1869)

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• Silence, beautiful voice.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Beautiful, Voice, Silence

  Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.202, Cambridge University Press

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• Happy days roll onward leading up to golden years.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Years, Golden Years, Golden

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• Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, just be it one that can rule and dare not lie.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Truth, Honesty, Lying

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• A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

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  Truth, Lying, Deceit

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1248, Delphi Classics

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

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Work, Philosophical, Ambition

  In Memoriam canto 73 (1850) See Rhodes 2

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• A beam in darkness: let it grow.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Darkness, Beam, Grows

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.40, Broadview Press

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• I am a part of all that I have met.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Attitude, Self Esteem

  "Ulysses" l. 13 (1842)

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• Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Love, True Love, Wise

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2012). “Idylls of the King”, p.119, Courier Corporation

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