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

Quote by William Wordsworth

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But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

Drink, pretty creature, drink!

Drink, pretty creature, drink!

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

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...

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...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

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...

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...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

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...

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.

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.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

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

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

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...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...