Tag: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Music is the universal language of mankind.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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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.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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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.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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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.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow