Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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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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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
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