It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWEach morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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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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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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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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There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,
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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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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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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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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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