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Quote by William Wordsworth

“Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns.”

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William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet, born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, and died on April 23, 1850. His poetry is renowned for its depiction of natural landscapes and profound expression of personal emotions and inner world. more

“Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts, even at ist own expense, to leave room in the state over which it rules for those to live who neither think nor feel as it does, that is to say as do the stronger, the majority.”

Thinking Feels Doe States Political Rooms Powerful Principles Rights Limits Authority Stronger Majority Liberalism Spite Expenses Political Rights

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“We all like people who do things, even if we only see their faces on cigar-box lids.”

People Ifs Faces Boxes Cigar

Book:The Best of Willa Cather

Source: The Best of Willa Cather

“Art, it seems to me, should simplify.”

Should Art Seems Simplicity Simplify

Book:A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays

Source: A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays

“Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Enough Belief Mistake Opinion Public Opinion Adaptability Wishful Thinking Hens

Book:The Best of Willa Cather

Source: The Best of Willa Cather

Quote by William Wordsworth

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