As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWFor his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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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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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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