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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An' I thowt...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An' I thowt...

An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said it wur dra?ins.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ah God! the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ah God! the...

Ah God! the petty fools of rhyme
That shriek and sweat in pigmy wars.


Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And so the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And so the...

And so the Word had breath, and wrought
With human hands the creed of creeds
In loveliness of perfect...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: At Flores in...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: At Flores in...

At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay.

Source: The Revenge, 1
--...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Battering the gates...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Battering the gates...

Battering the gates of heaven with storms of prayer.

Source: St Simeon...

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William Shakespeare: I am a...

William Shakespeare: I am a...

I am a feather for each wind that blows.

Source: The Winter's Tale, II. iii....

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Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Fashion is the method by which the fantastic becomes for a moment universal.

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Oscar Wilde: Only mediocrities progress....

Oscar Wilde: Only mediocrities progress....

Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As thro' the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As thro' the...

As thro' the land at eve we went,
And plucked the ripened ears,
We fell out, my wife and I,
O we fell out I...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Death closes all:...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Death closes all:...

Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I hold it...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I hold it...

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Is there any...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Is there any...

Is there any peace
In ever climbing up the climbing wave?


Source: The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Like a dog,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Like a dog,...

Like a dog, he hunts in dreams, and thou art staring at the wall,
Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I saw the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I saw the...

I saw the flaring atom-streams
And torrents of her myriad universe,
Ruining along the illimitable...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out, wild...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out, wild...

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: This is England's...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: This is England's...

This is England's greatest son,
He that gained a hundred fights,
Nor ever lost an English...

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George Bernard Shaw: Optimistic lies have...

George Bernard Shaw: Optimistic lies have...

Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his...

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George Bernard Shaw: Patriotism is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Patriotism is a...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

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-- George...

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George Bernard Shaw: Self-denial is not...

George Bernard Shaw: Self-denial is not...

Self-denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

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George Bernard Shaw: The more I...

George Bernard Shaw: The more I...

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

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