Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWLike a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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