Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea.

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So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go, Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the what we know.

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The morrow was a bright September morn; The earth was beautiful as if newborn; There was nameless splendor everywhere, That wild exhilaration in the air, Which makes the passers in the city street Congratulate each other as they meet.

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The country is not priest-ridded, but press-ridden.

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Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,-- One touch of fire,--and all the rest is mystery!

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When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar.

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Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory.

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Truly, this world can go on without us, if we would but think so.

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If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the injury, but will rise and smite the oppressor.

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The men that women marry, And why they marry them, will always be A marvel and a mystery to the world.

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An enlightened mind is not hoodwinked; it is not shut up in a gloomy prison till it thinks the walls of its dungeon the limits of the universe, and the reach of its own chain the outer verge of intelligence.

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How like they are to human things!

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As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.

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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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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

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For it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence. Hence is the inner life of so many suffering women Sunless and silent and deep, like subterranean rivers Runnng through caverns of darkness.

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Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

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The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead.

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My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

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