Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWLove keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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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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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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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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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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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 takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
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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 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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