I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the…

Quote by William Wordsworth

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Action is transitory a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or...

Action is transitory a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or...

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

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...

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

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

I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening...

I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening...

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

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

I listened, motionless and still; and, as I mounted up the hill, the music in...

I listened, motionless and still; and, as I mounted up the hill, the music in...

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.

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...

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

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...

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...

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

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

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

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. . .

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.