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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: For man is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: For man is...

For man is man and master of his fate.

Source: Idylls of the King, 'The Marriage of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: She has heard...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: She has heard...

She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On either side...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On either side...

On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Gods themselves...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Gods themselves...

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

Source: Tithonus.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Then comes the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Then comes the...

Then comes the check, the change, the fall,
Pain rises up, old pleasures pall,
There is one remedy for...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The days darken...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The days darken...

The days darken round me and the years,
Among new men, strange faces, other minds.


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Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: To become the...

Oscar Wilde: To become the...

To become the spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

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Oscar Wilde: Private information is...

Oscar Wilde: Private information is...

Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.

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J August Strindberg: That is the...

J August Strindberg: That is the...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family -- the provider for all, and the enemy of...

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William Wordsworth: The light that...

William Wordsworth: The light that...

The light that never was, on sea or land,
The consecration, and the poet's dream.


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William Wordsworth: From the body...

William Wordsworth: From the body...

From the body of one guilty deed a 1000 ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

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William Wordsworth: A multitude of...

William Wordsworth: A multitude of...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers...

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William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

Behold the child among his new-born blisses,
A six-years' darling of a pigmy size!


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William Wordsworth: Give unto me,...

William Wordsworth: Give unto me,...

Give unto me, made lowly wise,
The spirit of self-sacrifice.


Source: Ode to...

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William Wordsworth: Action is transitory...

William Wordsworth: Action is transitory...

Action is transitory - a step, a blow.
The motion of a muscle - this way or that -
'Tis done, and in the...

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William Wordsworth: Those obstinate questionings<br>Of...

William Wordsworth: Those obstinate questionings
Of...

Those obstinate questionings
Of sense and outward things,
Fallings from us, vanishings;
Blank misgivings of a...

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William Wordsworth: Milton! thou shouldst...

William Wordsworth: Milton! thou shouldst...

Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee; she is a fen
Of stagnant waters: altar,...

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William Wordsworth: Dear God! the...

William Wordsworth: Dear God! the...

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!


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William Wordsworth: The wiser mind<br>Mourns...

William Wordsworth: The wiser mind
Mourns...

The wiser mind
Mourns less for what age takes away
Than what it leaves behind.


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