Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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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,...

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will...

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will...

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

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

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...

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. . .

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...

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...

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

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

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

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...

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...

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

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

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

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

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

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