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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Not once or twice in our rough island-story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out the...

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our little systems...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our little systems...

Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out a...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out a...

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The bitter east,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The bitter east,...

The bitter east, the misty summer
And gray metropolis of the North.


Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The rise<br>And long...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The rise
And long...

The rise
And long roll of the Hexameter.


Source: Lucretius, 10
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Trust me not...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Trust me not...

Trust me not at all, or all in all.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tho'<br>We are not...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tho'
We are not...

Tho'
We are not now that strength that in old days
Moved earth and heaven: that which we are, we are;
One...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wearing the white...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wearing the white...

Wearing the white flower of a blameless life.

Source: Idylls of the King,...

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William Wordsworth: Give all thou...

William Wordsworth: Give all thou...

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore
Of nicely-calculated less or more.


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Oscar Wilde: Most modern calendars...

Oscar Wilde: Most modern calendars...

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the...

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Oscar Wilde: Misfortunes one can...

Oscar Wilde: Misfortunes one can...

Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah!...

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Oscar Wilde: Self-denial is the...

Oscar Wilde: Self-denial is the...

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: When people talk...

Oscar Wilde: When people talk...

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.

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Oscar Wilde: To love oneself...

Oscar Wilde: To love oneself...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Source: Lord Goring, in An...

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Oscar Wilde: Laughter is not...

Oscar Wilde: Laughter is not...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for...

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Oscar Wilde: The husbands of...

Oscar Wilde: The husbands of...

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: I hate vulgar...

Oscar Wilde: I hate vulgar...

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the...

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Oscar Wilde: Men marry because...

Oscar Wilde: Men marry because...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

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Oscar Wilde: To make a...

Oscar Wilde: To make a...

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know...

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