Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Born: Feb 27, 1807
Died: Mar 24, 1882
All Things Great Heart Life Man You
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mind Sit Changing Waves Color Idle Reverie Break Seashore Watch
The nearer the dawn the darker the night. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Darker Dawn Nearer Night
If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You Wake Up Somebody Long Enough Only Knock Sure Wake Up Loud Gate
In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Man World Must Hammer Anvil Either
Resolve and thou art free. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art Free Resolve Thou Thou Art
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Defeat Clamor Ourselves Triumph Crowded Street
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art Nature Counterfeit Counterpart
There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life Love First Nothing Fluttering Ours Wings Than Holier Consciousness
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Returns Sends Which Again Forth Fountain
All things come round to him who will but wait. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wait Will All Things Come Him Who Round Things
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. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Success You Will Thought Whatever Nothing More Talent Come Well Sought Because Without Doing Fame Than After Success Is Deserved
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Intelligence Find Combined House Courtesy Always Often Wooden Golden Room
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Time Man Will More He Come Know Him Himself Always Surprise His Accomplishments Than Again Consequently
Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heart Trust World Thy Calls Therefore Illusions
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Genius Men Society Earth Only Blazing Meteor Dull Stone Often Descend
The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mercy Firmness Greatest
The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunshine Old Too Ghosts Visited Haunted Poets Crowned Hill House Gloom Graces Full Many Muses
People demand freedom only when they have no power. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Freedom People Power Only Demand
All things must change to something new, to something strange. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Change Strange Must All Things Something Something New New Things
The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mind Other Liberal Minds Would Scholar He Contact Come Leave Should Large
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