Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWFame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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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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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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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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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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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 Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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