American poet and educator
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
My soul is full of longing for the secrets of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice triumphs. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Youth comes but once in a lifetime. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For Time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year’s nest! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
How beautiful is youth! How bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The grave is but a covered bridge Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one’s judgement of others. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Into each life some rain must fall. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In character, in manner, in style, in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In ourselves are triumph and defeat. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music is the universal language of mankind. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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