Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Quotes

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

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

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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?

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

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

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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