Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWSpilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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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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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
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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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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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