Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWEvil is only good perverted.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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,
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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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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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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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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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