In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhen she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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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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Into each life some rain must fall.
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Only 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.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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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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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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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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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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