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Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to ke

Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. – William Wordsworth

Other quotes by William Wordsworth

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. – William Wordsworth

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Poetry
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William Wordsworth
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Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. – William Wordsworth

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Future
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William Wordsworth
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Hmmm
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You are sad because they abandon you and you have not fallen. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Hmmm

No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. – Terry Pratchett

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Hmmm

It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat. – Loren Eiseley, “The Innocent Fox,” The Star Thrower, 1978

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Hmmm

Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnamable. – Francis Ponge

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Hmmm

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If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you. – Muqtada al Sadr

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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. – Konrad Adenauer

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Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way its supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big dog come up with a little cask of brandy round its neck. – Claud Cockburn

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You can never really live anyone elses life, not even your childs. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what youve become yourself. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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