A quote of the day functions as a daily highlighted line of wisdom chosen to inspire, teach, or encourage reflection.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) was a democrat in his youth, along with Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, his contemporaries in England’s first Romantic generation. Unlike them he was a democrat still ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, the English poet William Wordsworth was born. We are also close to the anniversary of his death, which occurred 80 years later on April 23, 1850.
Quote of the Day invites readers to reflect on how they engage with ideas, traditions and information. Rather than promoting ...
WILLIAM Wordsworth’s name is woven into the landscape of the Lake District as firmly as the dry-stone walls that criss-cross its hills.