William Wordsworth Quotes

Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!

William Wordsworth

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• Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.

  

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• The future will be better tomorrow.

  

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• A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

  

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• Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!

  

  William Wordsworth
  • Giving
  • Reason
  • Wise