5 William Wordsworth Quotes on Thinking

William Wordsworth quotes on thinking

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

82. Thought and theory must precede all action that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

86. A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.

91. In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

97. O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in everything.