873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar

I hear, I hear, with joy I hear!

She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more consonant to Nature.

We murder to dissect.

Who, doomed to go in company with Pain,And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train!Turns his necessity to glorious gain.

Choice word and measured phrase, above the reachOf ordinary men; a stately speech.

Small service is true service, while it lasts.