“And yet the wiser mind
Mourns less for what age takes away
Than what it leaves behind.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Source: Selected Poetry
“We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away.”
Quote in Gainsborough's Letter to Henry Bate, 20th June 1787
1770 - 1788
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