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Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, this work is a series of poems that retell the tales of King Arthur, focusing on themes of chivalry, honor, and the quest for the Holy Grail.
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“What was once to me mere matter of the fancy now has grown the vast necessity of heart and life.”
“One so small Who knowing nothing knows but to obey.”
“Too much wit makes the world rotten.”
“Sweet is true love, though given in vain.”
“Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Unfaith is aught is want of faith in all.”
“Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.”
“My doom is, I love thee still. Let no man dream but that I love thee still.”
“Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect.”
“Who is wise in love, love most, say least.”
“Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long”
“Ye think the rustic cackle of your bourg The murmur of the world! The Marriage of Geraint”
“So vanish friendships only made in wine.”