More from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow All things must change to something new, to something strange.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow 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 LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow The human voice is the organ of the soul.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Music is the universal language of mankind.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow People demand freedom only when they have no power.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow 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.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow 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,
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
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