A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONHope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’.
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I sometimes find it half a sin, to put to words the grief I feel, For words like nature, half reveal, and half conceal the soul within.
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If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
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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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Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
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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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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.
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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
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My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
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More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
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In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.
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Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
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Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
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Silence, beautiful voice.
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