"Choice word and measured phrase above the reach……" — William Wordsworth
"Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men."
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408 Quotes by William Wordsworth
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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 Choice Quotes
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason…
— Aristotle
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Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.
— Richard Bach
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes,…
— Dave Attell
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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
— John Avlon
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Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
— Richard Bach
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What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the…
— Michele Bachmann
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