It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWFor age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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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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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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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 sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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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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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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By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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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 counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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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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