5 William Wordsworth Quotes on War

William Wordsworth quotes on war

139. Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves.

160. And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.

177. Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.

180. For by superior energies; more strict Affiance in each other; faith more firm In their unhallowed principles; the bad Have fairly earned a victory o'er the weak, The vacillating, inconsistent good.

202. If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

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