Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

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From labor there shall come forth rest.

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The morning pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air.

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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

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Welcome, Disappointment! Thy hand is cold and hard, but it is the hand of a friend. Thy voice is stern and harsh, but it is the voice of a friend. Oh, there is something sublime in calm endurance, something sublime in the resolute, fixed purpose of suffering without complaining, which makes disappointment oftentimes better than success!

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The spirit-world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense A vital breath of more ethereal air.

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The air of summer was sweeter than wine.

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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

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Silence is a great peacemaker.

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The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

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Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.

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They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

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These stars of earth, these golden flowers.

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A young critic is like a boy with a gun; he fires at every living thing he sees. He thinks only of his own skill, not of the pain he is giving.

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The shadows of the mind are like those of the body. In the morning of life they all lie behind us; at noon we trample them under foot; and in the evening they stretch long, broad, and deepening before us.

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Beautiful in form and feature, lovely as the day, can there be so fair a creature formed of common clay?

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Let us be merciful as well as just.

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Into a world unknown,-the corner-stone of a nation!

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And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and silently steal away.

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