William Wordsworth

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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Whither is fled the visionary gleam? Where is it now, the glory and the dream? ↗

— William Wordsworth

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Not without hope we suffer and we mourn. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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The child is father of the man. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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