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Alfred Tennyson Quotes

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Source:Oenone (1823); in Poems (Edward Moxon & Co., ed. 1842), Volume I, Page 125
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  • Name: Alfred Tennyson
  • Profession: Poet
  • Born: August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892
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