Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWAs to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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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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Evil is only good perverted.
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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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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
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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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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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