Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThere is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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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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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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