Alfred Tennyson
England
6 Aug 1809 // 6 Oct 1892
Poeta
6 Aug 1809 // 6 Oct 1892
Poeta
Quotes
I am a part of all that I have met.
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles whom we knew.
And see the great Achilles whom we knew.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use,
As tho' to breathe were life!
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use,
As tho' to breathe were life!
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays