William Wordsworth
good man life kindness love
“The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
nature betray heart love
“Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
rest thankful
“Rest and be thankful.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
delight liberty creed childhood
“Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
wiser mind mourn age away leave behind
“And yet the wiser mind
Mourns less for what age takes away
Than what it leaves behind.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
poentry breath spirit knowledge
“poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
impulse vernal wood teach evil good sages
“One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
good die first heart dry dust burn socket
“The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, burn to the socket.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
good die first
“The good die first.”
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
life divided three was is will be
"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 (1770-1850)
reason lament man made
"Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?"
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
education circumstance superior tuition
"The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition."
― William Wordsworth (1770-1850)