For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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 strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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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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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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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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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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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
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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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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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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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