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Alfred Tennyson Quotes: And this gray spirit yearning in desireTo follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
         

And this gray spirit yearning in desireTo follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.


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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.



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

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



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

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



The shell must break before the bird can fly.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.



Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.



For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.




I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.



A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.



There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.





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Glory had rehearsed angry outbursts in anticipation of his arrival. She began to hope he would come so she could tell him exactly what she thought.

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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

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The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allah. And it will worry and feel anxious if it is settled with the people.

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We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.

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If opponents of all important truths do not exist, it is indispensable to imagine them and supply them with the strongest arguments which the most skillful devil's advocate can conjure up.

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No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

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I'm always going to be a student. I'm always learning. I'm always trying to grow. I'm always trying to understand. I never want to feel like I've arrived.

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Live today to the fullest, and forget about the past. Today you can create a new way of living. You can change all the rules.

Live today to the fullest, and forget about the past. Today you can create a new way of living. You can change all the rules.



Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?

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