People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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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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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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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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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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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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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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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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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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