The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWPeople demand freedom only when they have no power.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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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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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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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 greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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