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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes


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Nothing is or can be accidental with God.
[Accident]

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
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Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews, and shadows, and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday! How beautiful the silent hour, when morning and evening thus sit together, hand in hand, beneath the starless sky of midnight!
[Twilight]

Oh, the long and dreary Winter! Oh, the cold and cruel Winter!
[Winter]

Oh, what a glory doth this world put on, for him who with a fervent heart goes forth under the bright and glorious sky, and looks on duties well performed, and days well spent.
[World]

One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.

Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

Others will underestimate us, for although we judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, others judge us only by what we have already done.
[Ability]

Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

Our ingress into the world / Was naked and bare; / Our progress through the world / Is trouble and care.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

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.
[Success]

Resolve and thou art free.
[Resolve]

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence
[Ships]

Silent, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of angels.
[Star]

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Singing the Hundredth Psalm, the grand old Puritan anthem.

Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....


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