Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it:
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
No one is so accursed by fate,
No one so utterly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.
No one so utterly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.
Endymion
And as she looked around, she saw how Death the consoler,
Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever.
Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever.
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart.
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
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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Essays