"To be a Prodigal's favourite,-then, worse truth, A……" — William Wordsworth
"To be a Prodigal's favourite,-then, worse truth, A Miser's pensioner,-behold our lot!"
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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 Behold Quotes
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The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
— Richard Bach
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Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a…
— William Jennings Bryan
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall…
— Sitting Bull
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Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.
— Nicolas Cage
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Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered…
— Nicolas Cage
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
— Seneca the Younger
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If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants,…
— Unknown Author
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I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to…
— Duke Ellington
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Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim…
— Carlo Borromeo
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Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it…
— Henry David Thoreau
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When we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
— Lucretius
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