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.
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 strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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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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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
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