Esaias Tegner Quotes

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

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

A woman's honor rests on manly love.

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.

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.

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

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.