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Quotes from Queen Mary: A Drama — Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1809–1892 England

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A mastiff dog
May love a puppy cur for no more reason
Than that the twain have been tied up together.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

To persecute
Makes a faith hated, and is furthermore
No perfect witness of a perfect faith
In him who persecutes.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

Come out, my lord, it is a world of fools.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

In statesmanship
To strike too soon is oft to miss the blow.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

My lord, you know what Virgil sings—
Woman is various and most mutable.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

Remember that sore saying spoken once
By Him that was the Truth, 'How hard it is
For the rich man to enter into heaven!'
Let all rich men remember that hard word.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

To do him any wrong was to beget
A kindness from him, for his heart was rich—
Of such fine mould that if you sowed therein
The seed of Hate, it blossomed Charity.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

Unalterably and pesteringly fond.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.