Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air.

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If a woman shows too often the Medusa's head, she must not be astonished if her lover is turned into stone.

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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

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There is no light in earth or heaven but the cold light of stars; and the first watch of night is given to the red planet Mars.

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From dust thou art to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.

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Youth wrenches the sceptre from old age, and sets the crown on its own head before it is entitled to it.

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When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do!

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Fame grows like a tree if it have the principle of growth in it; the accumulated dews of ages freshen its leaves.

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Oh the long and dreary Winter! Oh the cold and cruel Winter!

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I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.

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O holy trust! O endless sense of rest! Like the beloved John To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast, And thus to journey on!

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Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act -- act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.

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The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama.

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Music is the language spoken by angels.

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Taste the joy That springs from labor.

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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

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And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!

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Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

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Think not because no man sees, such things will remain unseen.

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

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