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William Wordsworth

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

-William Wordsworth

age

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

-William Wordsworth

age

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

-William Wordsworth

art

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

-William Wordsworth

beauty

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

-William Wordsworth

best

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

-William Wordsworth

best

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

-William Wordsworth

business

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

-William Wordsworth

business

The child is father of the man.

-William Wordsworth

dad

Faith is a passionate intuition.

-William Wordsworth

faith

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

freedom

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

-William Wordsworth

future

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

-William Wordsworth

good

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

-William Wordsworth

hope

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

-William Wordsworth

life

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

-William Wordsworth

life

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

music

I listened, motionless and still And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

-William Wordsworth

music

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

-William Wordsworth

nature

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

nature

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

-William Wordsworth

nature

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

-William Wordsworth

nature

The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.

-William Wordsworth

nature

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

-William Wordsworth

poetry

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

-William Wordsworth

power

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

-William Wordsworth

power

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

sad

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

-William Wordsworth

sports

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.

-William Wordsworth

strength

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.

William Wordsworth

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

The child is father of the man.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

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

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

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.

I listened, motionless and still And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

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.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

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.

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

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.

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.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

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

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