William Wordsworth

The common people are not to be trusted with any species of power, least of all with that which is the most dangerous, the power of making laws.

The world is an open book, full of the most rare and strange things, for him who has eyes to see.

I am not a metaphysician, but a simple-minded man.

The Poet writes for the pleasure of writing, and for the pleasure of being read.

My mind has been in a state of agitation, which I have not experienced for many years.

A Poet, in order to be a good Poet, must be a man of feeling, and a man of thought.

The grand truth, that every human Being hath a creative power.

I am a worshipper of the beautiful, and a lover of the good.

I have given up my pen, and will write no more for the public.

The objects of the Poet are the things of common life.

My whole life has been a struggle with the world.

I am a man of peace, and hate war.

The love of nature is a great thing.