Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.

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The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.

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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

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No one is so accursed by fate, no one so utterly desolate, but some heart though unknown responds unto his own.

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Learn to labour and to wait.

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I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

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Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice.

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Let us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth.

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The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us.

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The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

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Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.

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It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much.

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Men should soon make up their minds to be forgotten, and look about them, or within them, for some higher motive in what they do than the approbation of men, which is fame, namely, their duty; that they should be constantly and quietly at work, each in his sphere, regardless of effects, and leaving their fame to take care of itself.

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For in the night, unseen, a single warrior, In sombre harness mailed, Dreaded of man, and surnamed the Destroyer, The rampart wall has scaled. He passed into the chamber of the sleeper, The dark and silent room, And as he entered, darker grew, and deeper, The silence and the gloom.

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Authors have a greater right than any copyright, though it is generally unacknowledged or disregarded. They have a right to the reader's civility. There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it, and to these the author has a claim. Yet many people think that when they buy a book they buy with it the right to abuse the author.

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Who dares To say that he alone has found the truth?

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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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Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

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O thou sculptor, painter, poet! Take this lesson to thy heart: That is best which lieth nearest; Shape from that thy work of art.

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The nimble lie Is like the second-hand upon a clock; We see it fly; while the hour-hand of truth Seems to stand still, and yet it moves unseen, And wins, at last, for the clock will not strike Till it has reached the goal.

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