“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.” — Alfred Austin | V2Melody

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

Presenting sorrow as a way of deepening spiritual perception · Prose writings / commonly attributed

About Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin

30 May 1835–2 June 1913

Alfred Austin was born on 30 May 1835 at Headingley, then a village just outside Leeds in Yorkshire, and died on 2 June 1913 at Ashford, Kent. For seventeen years, from 1896 until his death, he held the conspicuous and difficult office of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Yet his name has endured less securely than…

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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

Balancing imagination, preparation and conviction in the pursuit of achievement · Prose writings / commonly attributed

Art
Hope

“Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things, and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.”

Suggesting that reliability is revealed through attention to small responsibilities · Prose writings / commonly attributed

Fame
Truth

“The worst thing about a poet is that, when he gets a little drunk, he gets a little poetical.”

A wry observation about the self-consciousness that can accompany poetic identity · Conversation / commonly attributed

Joy
Poetry