Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Still stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping.Under the humble walls of the little catholic churchyard,In the heart of the city, they lie, unknown and unnoticed;Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside them,Thousands of throbbing hearts, where theirs are at rest and forever,Thousands of aching brains, where theirs no longer are busy,Thousands of toiling hands, where theirs have ceased from their labors,Thousands of weary feet, where theirs have completed their journey!

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The thoughts of Youth are long, long thoughts

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No action, whether foul or fair, Is ever done, but it leaves somewhere A record, written by fingers ghostly, As a blessing or a curse, and mostly In the greater weakness or greater strength Of the acts which follow it.

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Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

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What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life.

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The mind of the scholar, if you would have it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. It is better that his armor should be somewhat bruised by rude encounters even, than hang forever rusting on the wall.

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Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait!

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Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood.

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Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

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Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton.

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Each new epoch in life seems an encounter. There is a tussle and a cloud of dust, and we come out of it triumphant or crest-fallen, according as we have borne ourselves.

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The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

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The human voice is the organ of the soul.

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It is the heart and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain.

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O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares! Care and age come unawares!

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

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