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That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 6
Died: 1892
Died: October 6
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There sinks the nebulous star we call the sun.
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But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.
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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
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Forgive my grief for one removed Thy creature whom I found so fair I trust he lives in Thee and there I find him worthier to be loved.
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We needs must love the highest when we see it.
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Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.
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I grow in worth, and wit, and sense, Unboding critic-pen, Or that eternal want of pence, Which vexes public men.
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Life is brief but love is LONG .
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Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
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Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, just be it one that can rule and dare not lie.
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Woman is the lesser man.
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And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!
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I know that age to age succeeds, Blowing a noise of tongues and deeds, A dust of systems and of creeds.
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God and Nature met in light.
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I will love thee to the death, And out beyond into the dream to come.
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