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Top 15 William Watson Quotes (2025 Update)

William Watson Quote: “Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1.”

1. “Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent’s Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that wildly fly, The famished face, the fevered hand, Who slights the worthiest in the land, Sneers at the just, contemns the brave, And blackens goodness in its grave...”

2. “She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent’s Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that wildly fly, The famished face, the fevered hand, Who slights the worthiest in the land, Sneers at the just, contemns the brave, And blackens goodness in its grave...”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Braying of arrogant brass, whimper of querulous reeds.”

3. “Braying of arrogant brass, whimper of querulous reeds.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes; Great out of season and untimely wise: A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth, Wrought deadlier ill than ages can undo.”

4. “Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes; Great out of season and untimely wise: A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth, Wrought deadlier ill than ages can undo.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.”

5. “Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Thou hadst, for weary feet, the gift of rest.”

6. “Thou hadst, for weary feet, the gift of rest.”

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William Watson Quote: “His friends he loved. His direst earthly foe – Cats-I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.”

7. “His friends he loved. His direst earthly foe – Cats-I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “A dreamer of the common dreams, A fisher in familiar streams, He chased the transitory gleams That all pursue; But on his lips the eternal themes Again were new.”

8. “A dreamer of the common dreams, A fisher in familiar streams, He chased the transitory gleams That all pursue; But on his lips the eternal themes Again were new.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “He saw wan Woman toil with famished eyes; He saw her bound, and strove to sing her free. He saw her fall’n; and wrote “The Bridge of Sighs”; And on it crossed to immortality.”

9. “He saw wan Woman toil with famished eyes; He saw her bound, and strove to sing her free. He saw her fall’n; and wrote “The Bridge of Sighs”; And on it crossed to immortality.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.”

10. “Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.”

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William Watson Quote: “We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing.”

11. “We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “The thirst to know and understand a large and liberal discontent.”

12. “The thirst to know and understand a large and liberal discontent.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Too long, that some may rest, tired millions toil unblest.”

13. “Too long, that some may rest, tired millions toil unblest.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “And though circuitous and obscureThe feet of Nemesis how sure!”

14. “And though circuitous and obscureThe feet of Nemesis how sure!”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Threadbare his songs seem now, to lettered ken: They were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.”

15. “Threadbare his songs seem now, to lettered ken: They were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Song is not Truth, not Wisdom, but the rose Upon Truths lips, the light in Wisdom’s eyes.”

16. “Song is not Truth, not Wisdom, but the rose Upon Truths lips, the light in Wisdom’s eyes.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “God, eldest of Poets.”

17. “God, eldest of Poets.”

— William Watson

William Watson Quote: “Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I believe there will be a gradual diminution in this respect.”

18. “Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I believe there will be a gradual diminution in this respect.”

— William Watson

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