Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWJoy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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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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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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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
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