The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe human voice is the organ of the soul.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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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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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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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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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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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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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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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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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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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
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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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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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