A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIf 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.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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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.
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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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Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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