Quotes from William Wordsworth
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows.
- William Wordsworth
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together-humble dependence and manly independence; humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
- William Wordsworth
Habit rules the unreflecting herd.
- William Wordsworth
Wisdom married to immortal verse.
- William Wordsworth
Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.
- William Wordsworth
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
Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.
- William Wordsworth
The wealthiest man among us is the best
- William Wordsworth
The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet; The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality...
- William Wordsworth
It has been said that in human life there are moments worth ages... in the climate of England there are, for the lover of Nature, days which are worth whole months, — I might say — even years.
- William Wordsworth
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
- William Wordsworth
But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
- William Wordsworth