If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWOnly 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.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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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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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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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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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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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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