Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Every dewdrop and raindrop had a whole heaven within it.
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again.
Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice triumphs.
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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