I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWBuild today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
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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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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
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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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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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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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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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