Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Nothing is or can be accidental with God.
[Accident]
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Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
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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]
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Oh, the long and dreary Winter! Oh, the cold and cruel Winter!
[Winter]
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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]
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One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.
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Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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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]
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Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.
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Our ingress into the world / Was naked and bare; / Our progress through the world / Is trouble and care.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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]
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Resolve and thou art free.
[Resolve]
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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]
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Silent, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of angels.
[Star]
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Singing the Hundredth Psalm, the grand old Puritan anthem.
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Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....
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