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 LONGFELLOWWhen she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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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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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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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 counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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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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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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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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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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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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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