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“Tho’ much is taken, much abides.”
Loss and limitation are acknowledged without allowing them to erase what remains possible or valuable.
Source note: Ulysses, near the close of the poem.
Ulysses Quotes by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Context & Meanings
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“I am a part of all that I have met.”
Identity is shaped by accumulated encounters, so places, people, and experiences remain part of the person who moves on.
Source note: Poem “Ulysses.”
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“’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
The aging speaker refuses to treat reduced time or strength as a reason to stop seeking meaningful work.
Source note: Ulysses, in the closing address to the mariners.
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“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
The closing sequence turns purpose into continuing action: effort, search, discovery, and refusal to surrender.
Source note: Poem “Ulysses,” final line.
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“Come, my friends, ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
The invitation joins companionship with renewed ambition, making change a shared undertaking rather than a solitary one.
Source note: Ulysses, in the closing address to the mariners.