Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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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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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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Evil is only good perverted.
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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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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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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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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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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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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning – an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
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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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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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