There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWLove gives itself; it is not bought.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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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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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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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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As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
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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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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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