A woman's honor rests on manly love.

- Esaias Tegner

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…

- Esaias Tegner

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

- Esaias Tegner

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

- Esaias Tegner

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

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 wil…

- Esaias Tegner

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