Quote by William Wordsworth
For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; fait

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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The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth

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When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude. – William Wordsworth

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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. – Sir Winston Churchill

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou

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