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Lord Tennyson on Love

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"Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all" This is another English commonplace that is actually a quotation of the English poet Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892). (source: wikipedia ) Other quotes are available here: Lord Tennyson . Stay tuned!

Lord Tennyson on knowledge

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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom linger" this English commonplace is actually a quotation of an English poet, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892). (source: wikipedia ) There are other English commonplaces are actually Lord Tennyson 's phrases as you'll see in later posts on the blog! Stay tuned!