We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWLives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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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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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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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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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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