"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."
-William Wordsworth
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"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.“
-William Wordsworth
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"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher."
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"That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind."
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"That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind."
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"Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness."
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"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."
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