For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIntelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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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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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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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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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
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