I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
’Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
¶ “In Memoriam A. H. H.” [Arthur Henry Hallam], st. 27 (1850)
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) English poet
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
¶ (Attributed)
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
¶ Idylls of the King, "Lancelot and Elaine," l.1082 (1859-85)
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,—
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
¶ “Ulysses,” l.65–70 (1842)
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