「人生可分為三個階段 – 過去、當下和未來。由過去的經驗學習以利當下，在當下學習使未來的生活更好。」“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 for the future.”

“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 for the future.”
– William Wordsworth, Poet

「人生可分為三個階段 – 過去、當下和未來。由過去的經驗學習以利當下，在當下學習使未來的生活更好。」– 威廉‧華茲華斯 (詩人)
profit by 得利，獲益。例：There are lessons in these stories that everyone can profit by. (每個人都可以從這些故事裡學到一些東西。)
威廉‧華茲華斯 (1770-1850) 是英國浪漫主義詩人，文藝復興以來最重要的詩人之一，曾擔任國王侍從隊伍內的「桂冠詩人」，他的代表作包括《抒情歌謠集》(Lyrical Ballads)、《序曲》(Prelude)、《漫遊》(Excursion) 等。