"But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?" — William Wordsworth
"But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?"
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William Wordsworth
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408 Quotes by William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth has 408 quotes on this site.
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We have no knowledge, that is, no general principles drawn from the contemplation of particular facts, but what has been…
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The child is the father of man.
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Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.
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Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated.
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Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven."
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Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall…
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My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power…
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For youthful faults ripe virtues shall atone.
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All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to…
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Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality.
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More Dwell Quotes
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
— Saint Augustine
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Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
— Jane Austen
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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so…
— Teresa of Avila
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live,…
— Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell…
— Jim Bishop
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Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
— William Blake
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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean.…
— David Cameron
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What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today,…
— David Cameron
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try…
— Johnny Cash
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