The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

Quote by William Wordsworth

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Drink, pretty creature, drink!

Drink, pretty creature, drink!

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...