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William Wordsworth: Provoke<br>The years to...

William Wordsworth: Provoke
The years to...

Provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke.


Source: Ode. Intimations of...

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William Wordsworth: One in whom...

William Wordsworth: One in whom...

One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate...

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William Wordsworth: Upon the margin...

William Wordsworth: Upon the margin...

Upon the margin of that moorish flood
Motionless as a cloud the old man stood,
That heareth not the loud winds...

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William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the ages...

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William Wordsworth: Through the turnings...

William Wordsworth: Through the turnings...

Through the turnings intricate of verse,
Present themselves as objects recognised,
In flashes, and with glory...

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William Wordsworth: Still longed for,...

William Wordsworth: Still longed for,...

Still longed for, never seen.

Source: To the Cuckoo
-- William Wordsworth, (Apr...

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William Wordsworth: Not in Utopia,...

William Wordsworth: Not in Utopia,...

Not in Utopia, - subterranean fields, -
Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world,...

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William Wordsworth: Oft on the...

William Wordsworth: Oft on the...

Oft on the dappled turf at ease
I sit, and play with similes,
Loose types of things through all...

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Stanislaw Lec: You can change...

Stanislaw Lec: You can change...

You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.

Source:
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James Matthew Barrie: Every time a...

James Matthew Barrie: Every time a...

Every time a child says, I don't believe in fairies, there is a fairy somewhere that falls down...

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James Matthew Barrie: Do you believe...

James Matthew Barrie: Do you believe...

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!

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James Matthew Barrie: ... it's a...

James Matthew Barrie: ... it's a...

... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it...

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Aeschylus: It is a...

Aeschylus: It is a...

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Source: From a...

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Aeschylus: And even in...

Aeschylus: And even in...

And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our...

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Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the...

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Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write.

Source: The New York...

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Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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Aeschylus: Old men are...

Aeschylus: Old men are...

Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.

Source: Agamemnon.
--...

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Brendan Behan: The English and...

Brendan Behan: The English and...

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers -...

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Brendan Behan: The most important...

Brendan Behan: The most important...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love...

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