"What was once to me mere matter of……" — Alfred Lord Tennyson
"What was once to me mere matter of the fancy now has grown the vast necessity of heart and life."
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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345 Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson has 345 quotes on this site.
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Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little…
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Bible reading is an education in itself.
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God gives us love, someone to love he lends us.
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Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self,…
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It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening…
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He that wrongs a friend Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about A silent court of justice in his breast,…
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Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.
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Whate'er thy joys, they vanish with the day: Whate'er thy griefs, in sleep they fade away, To sleep! to sleep!…
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As love, if love be perfect, casts out fear, so hate, if hate be perfect, casts out fear.
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And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.
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Gone - flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud…
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Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever.
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More Fancy Quotes
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one of 845 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
— Aristotle
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I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a…
— Paul Auster
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I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy…
— Tyra Banks
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I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a…
— Drew Barrymore
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I'm a carb queen. I'll always order macaroni and cheese, but I don't want it to be fancy. I want…
— Drew Barrymore
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I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and…
— Charles Baudelaire
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I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The…
— Scott Adams
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I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it.
— Glenn Beck
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My movies are unadorned, they're not particularly fancy, I think they're kind of workmanlike in some ways, focusing on the…
— Ben Affleck
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They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat,…
— Jo Brand
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The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.
— Steve Carell
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When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted…
— Benjamin Carson
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