A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONA still small voice spake unto me, ‘Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
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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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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
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And men, whose reason long was blind, From cells of madness unconfined, Oft lose whole years of darker mind.
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A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
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And our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
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The shell must break before the bird can fly.
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In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.
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Trust me not at all, or all in all.
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And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.
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Four grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
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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.
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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
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