The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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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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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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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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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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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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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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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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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 keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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