When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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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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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
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