Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
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On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.
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I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.
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At every occasion in your life, do not forget to commune with yourself and ask of yourself how you can profit by it.
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Ah, only he who knows where he sails, knows what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.
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Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.
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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
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Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication: Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion: But to return--Get very drunk; and when You wake with head-ache, you shall see what then.
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And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.
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There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe.
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Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion.
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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion; anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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Life is an occasion...rise to it.
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Whoever you are, motion and reflection are especially for you, The divine ship sails the divine sea for you.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
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On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting.
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A joyous occasion is never quite as wonderful as when it becomes a memory.
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I do what I've trained my whole life to do. I watch the ball. I keep my eye on the ball. I never stop watching. I watch it as it sails past me and lands in the catcher's mitt, a perfect and glorious strike three.
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You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion.
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Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
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Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie.
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Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
