Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes - page 7

Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee,-are all with thee! (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
And see! she stirs! She starts,-she moves,-she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms! View quote
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Chorus of the Eumenides: ... Never by lapse of time The soul defaced by crime Into its former self returns again; For every guilty deed Holds in itself the seed Of retribution and undying pain. Never shall be the loss Restored, till Helios Hath purified them with his heavenly fires; Then what was lost is won, And the new life begun, Kindled with nobler passions and desires. View quote
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For Time will teach thee soon the truth, There are no birds in last year's nest! View quote
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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak. View quote
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. View quote
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. View quote
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer. View quote
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. View quote
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. View quote
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. View quote
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The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. View quote
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Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. View quote
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him. View quote
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night. View quote
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire. View quote
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I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart. View quote
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There are things of which I may not speak; There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a pallor into the cheek, And a mist before the eye. View quote
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I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it. View quote
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. View quote
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. View quote
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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. View quote
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Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted. View quote
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