Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
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"Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future." — William Wordsworth
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Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. — William Wordsworth
About William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1770–1850).
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This quote is attributed to William Wordsworth, a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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William Wordsworth lived from 1770 – 1850.