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Men Quotes by William Wordsworth
- We have no knowledge, that is, no general principles drawn from the contemplation of particular facts, but what has been built up by pleasure, and…
- The child is the father of man.
- All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to please them.
- 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,…
- A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
- The tears into his eyes were brought, And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would…
- Huge and mighty forms that do not live like living men, moved slowly through the mind by day and were trouble to my dreams.
- Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul, to…
- I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can…
- The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing.
- Not Chaos, not the darkest pit of lowest Erebus, nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out by help of dreams - can breed such fear…
- At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
- Thou has left behind Powers that will work for thee,-air, earth, and skies! There 's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget…
- Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men.
- Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.
- Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach.
- Here must thou be, O man, Strength to thyself - no helper hast thou here - Here keepest thou thy individual state: No other can…
- Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.
- 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.
- We bow our heads before Thee, and we laud, And magnify thy name Almighty God! But man is thy most awful instrument, In working out…
- Yet tears to human suffering are due; And mortal hopes defeated and o'erthrown Are mourned by man, and not by man alone.
- In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration:—feelings,…
- And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man.
- Ah, what a warning for a thoughtless man, Could field or grove, could any spot of earth, Show to his eye an image of the…
- . . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through all the years…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle