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 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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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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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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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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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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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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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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