William Wordsworth
England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
Quotes
Whom neither shape of danger can dismay,
Nor thought of tender happiness betray.
Nor thought of tender happiness betray.
And through the heat of conflict keeps the law
In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.
In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.
Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves
Of their bad influence, and their good receives.
Of their bad influence, and their good receives.
Who, doomed to go in company with Pain
And Fear and Bloodshed, - miserable train! -
Turns his necessity to glorious gain.
And Fear and Bloodshed, - miserable train! -
Turns his necessity to glorious gain.
But who, if he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad for humankind,
Is happy as a lover.
Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad for humankind,
Is happy as a lover.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays