Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIf you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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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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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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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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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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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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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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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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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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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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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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