Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants;...

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants;...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

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. . .

To begin, begin.

To begin, begin.

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...

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

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

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

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...

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

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...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

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...

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

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

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...