By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWBy dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWSometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWInto each life some rain must fall.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWMost people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWe judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIt is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWAll things must change to something new, to something strange.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWMen of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWBuild today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIt is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWA single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWSomething attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWTherefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW