But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk... by Alfred Lord Tennyson

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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We are all a part of every person we have ever met. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at al... by Alfred Lord Tennyson

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Love's arms were wreathed about the neck of Hope, by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love's arms were wreathed about the neck of Hope,

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'i... by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace;Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,While the stars burn, the moons increase,And the great ages onward roll. Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet. Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet;Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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There has fallen a splendid tear by Alfred Lord Tennyson

There has fallen a splendid tear

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Love is the only gold. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love is the only gold.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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the shell must break before the bird can fly. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

the shell must break before the bird can fly.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that... by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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