Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWShips that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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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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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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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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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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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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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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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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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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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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