Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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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.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking...

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking...

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double. . .

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double. . .

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...

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...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power...

We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely...

We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely...

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil...

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil...

Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in...

Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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

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

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

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...

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no...

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...