And men, whose reason long was blind, From cells of madness unconfined, Oft lose whole years of darker mind.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONMusic that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
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So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.
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Faith is believing what we cannot prove.
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Silence, beautiful voice.
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And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.
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The voice of the dead was a living voice to me.
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
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Ah, when shall all men’s good Be each man’s rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land, And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Thro’ all the circle of the golden year?
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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
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The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.
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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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This barren verbiage, current among men, Light coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.
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The old order changes yielding place to new.
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Life is brief but love is LONG .
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Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
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Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’.
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