"The Primrose for a veil had spread The……" — William Wordsworth
"The Primrose for a veil had spread The largest of her upright leaves; And thus for purposes benign, A simple flower deceives."
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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 Benign Quotes
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A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.
— Nan Fairbrother
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The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really…
— Mitch McConnell
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When enough Americans realize how rotten are the fruits of our policy of 'benign neglect,' how costly our prejudice is…
— John Howard Griffin
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To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success
— Malcolm Mclaren
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the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In…
— Marilyn Ferguson
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Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing…
— Tommy Rettig
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I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be…
— Kyle MacLachlan
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Some stalkers are quite benign, but finding someone in your garden at three o’clock in the morning with a meat…
— Daniel Craig
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I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a…
— Maggie Smith
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New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once…
— Alec Baldwin
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The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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