Quote by William Wordsworth
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. - William Wordswort

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. – William Wordsworth

Other quotes by William Wordsworth

For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good. – William Wordsworth

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Defeat
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In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesnt know what he is doing. – William Wordsworth

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Business
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For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity. – William Wordsworth

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Music
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One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for Americas energy problems never give up. – Jeff Goodell

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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white worlds definitions. – James A. Baldwin

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When it comes to energy, cost isnt everything – but its a lot. Everybody wants cheap power. – Jeff Goodell

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Power without a nations confidence is nothing. – Catherine the Great

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