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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: It little profits...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: It little profits...

It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Matched with an aged wife,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man dreams of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man dreams of...

Man dreams of fame while woman wakes to love.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sink me the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sink me the...

Sink me the ship, Master Gunner - sink her, split her in twain!
Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: That God, which...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: That God, which...

That God, which ever lives and loves,
One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The grand old...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The grand old...

The grand old name of gentleman.

Source: In Memoriam, 111 (Note: the stanza numbers...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thy voice is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thy voice is...

Thy voice is on the rolling air;
I hear thee where the waters run;
Thou standest in the rising sun,
And in...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou madest man,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou madest man,...

Thou madest man, he knows not why.

Source: In Memoriam, Prologue
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: With a little...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: With a little...

With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart.

Source: Locksley...

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William Shakespeare: Gives not the...

William Shakespeare: Gives not the...

Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
To shepherds looking on their silly sheep,
Than doth a rich...

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William Shakespeare: But when her...

William Shakespeare: But when her...

But when her lips were ready for his pay,
He winks, and turns his lips another way.


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Oscar Wilde: It is grossly...

Oscar Wilde: It is grossly...

It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions....

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William Shakespeare: He hath a...

William Shakespeare: He hath a...

He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue...

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William Shakespeare: I'll never<br>Be such...

William Shakespeare: I'll never
Be such...

I'll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand
As if a man were author of himself
And knew no other...

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William Shakespeare: Tis my vocation,...

William Shakespeare: Tis my vocation,...

'Tis my vocation, Hal; 'tis no sin for a man to labour in his vocation.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: I dare not...

William Shakespeare: I dare not...

I dare not fight; but I will wink and hold out mine iron.

Source: Henry V, II. i....

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William Shakespeare: Though patience be...

William Shakespeare: Though patience be...

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Source: Henry V, II. i....

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William Shakespeare: The miserable hath...

William Shakespeare: The miserable hath...

The miserable hath no other medicine
But only hope.


Source: Measure for Measure,...

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William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor;
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich . ....

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William Shakespeare: The summer's flower...

William Shakespeare: The summer's flower...

The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die.


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William Shakespeare: The baby figure...

William Shakespeare: The baby figure...

The baby figure of the giant mass
Of things to come at large.


Source: Troilus...

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