Alfred Tennyson
love lost
“Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
trive seek find yield strength heroic heart
“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 Tennyson (1809-1892)
lie half-truth darkest
“A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
knowledge wisdom come linger
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
golden hour seed flower weed
“Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
hert see invisible eye
“Sometimes the heart sees what's invisible to the eye.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
words far away strange charm
“The words 'far, far away' had always a strange charm.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
strive seek find yield morse
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
tried failed live wonder happen
"It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried"
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
hope smile newyear whisper happy
"Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'…"
ours wonder why do die
"Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die."
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
concentrate doing thing think
"If you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking."
― Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)