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Esaias Tegner Quotes

A woman's honor rests on manly love.

A woman's honor rests on manly love.

Esaias Tegner
Women, Honor, Manly
Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.78

Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.

Esaias Tegner
Beautiful, Truth, Heart

In Phebus realm, in knowledge as in verse,All things are clear, the sun of Phoebus clear,Clear was his crystal, the Kastalian.What you cannot clearly say, you don't know:To tongue of man his thought brings word:What's said obscurely is what's thought obscurely.

Esaias Tegner
Men, Tongue, Sun

We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.

Esaias Tegner
Art, Son, Light

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

Esaias Tegner
Justice, Noble, Fancy
Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.79

A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.

Esaias Tegner
Wise, Father, Son
Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.41

O, if so much beauty doth reveal Itself in every vein of life and nature, How beautiful must be the Source itself, The Ever Bright One.

Esaias Tegner
Beauty, Beautiful, Veins

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