Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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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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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
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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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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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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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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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As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
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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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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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