William Wordsworth Quotes, Lying Quotes, Book Quotes

Books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will.

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For mightier far Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is love, though oft to agony distrest, And though his favourite be feeble woman's breast.

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All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to please them.

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Since thy return, through days and weeks Of hope that grew by stealth, How many wan and faded cheeks Have kindled into health! The Old, by thee revived, have said, 'Another year is ours;' And wayworn Wanderers, poorly fed, Have smiled upon thy flowers.

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All that we behold is full of blessings.

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Great men have been among us; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom--better none

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Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!

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Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven.

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Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men.

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Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!

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The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.

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To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

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A soul so pitiably forlorn, If such do on this earth abide, May season apathy with scorn, May turn indifference to pride; And still be not unblest- compared With him who grovels, self-debarred From all that lies within the scope Of holy faith and christian hope; Or, shipwrecked, kindles on the coast False fires, that others may be lost.

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The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

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The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, burn to the socket.

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Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

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Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells.

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Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.

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And through the heat of conflict keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.

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A tale in everything.

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