The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWAll things must change to something new, to something strange.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.
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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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