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Henry David Thoreau: Books must be...

Henry David Thoreau: Books must be...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: What fire could...

Henry David Thoreau: What fire could...

What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?

Source: In Quote Disk...

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Henry David Thoreau: Even the best...

Henry David Thoreau: Even the best...

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Carlyle: Burke said that...

Thomas Carlyle: Burke said that...

Burke said that there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth...

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Thomas Carlyle: Produce! Produce! Were...

Thomas Carlyle: Produce! Produce! Were...

Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name! 'Tis the...

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Thomas Carlyle: Painful for a...

Thomas Carlyle: Painful for a...

Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel...

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Thomas Carlyle: Show me the...

Thomas Carlyle: Show me the...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of...

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Thomas Carlyle: The greatest of...

Thomas Carlyle: The greatest of...

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

Source: Heroes...

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Thomas Carlyle: Tell a man...

Thomas Carlyle: Tell a man...

Tell a man he is brave, and you help him become so.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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William Wordsworth: How fast has...

William Wordsworth: How fast has...

How fast has brother followed brother,
From sunshine to the sunless land!


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William Wordsworth: A slumber did...

William Wordsworth: A slumber did...

A slumber did my spirit seal;
I had no human fears:
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of...

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William Wordsworth: The gods approve<br>The...

William Wordsworth: The gods approve
The...

The gods approve
The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.


Source: Laodamia,...

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William Wordsworth: Nature never did...

William Wordsworth: Nature never did...

Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her.


Source: Lines composed a few...

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William Wordsworth: O joy! that...

William Wordsworth: O joy! that...

O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live,
That nature yet remembers
What was so fugitive!
The...

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William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their...

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William Wordsworth: A flock of...

William Wordsworth: A flock of...

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of...

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William Wordsworth: A power is...

William Wordsworth: A power is...

A power is passing from the earth
To breathless Nature's dark abyss;
But when the great and good depart,
What...

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William Wordsworth: A primrose by...

William Wordsworth: A primrose by...

A primrose by a river's brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more.


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William Wordsworth: In the faith...

William Wordsworth: In the faith...

In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.


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William Wordsworth: Small circles glittering...

William Wordsworth: Small circles glittering...

Small circles glittering idly in the moon,
Until they melted all into one track
Of sparkling...

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