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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Poet Quotes
Category:
American Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 27, 1807
Date of Death:
March 24, 1882
Nationality:
American
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Build today, then strong and sure...
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In this world a man must...
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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It is foolish to pretend that...
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Like a French poem is life...
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Look not mournfully into the past...
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Men of genius are often dull...
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Morality without religion is only a...
Most people would succeed in small...
Music is the universal language of mankind.
Not in the clamor of the...
Not in the shouts and plaudits...
People demand freedom only when they...
Perseverance is a great element of...
Resolve and thou art free.
Ships that pass in the night...
Simplicity in character, in manners, in...
Sit in reverie and watch the...
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Sometimes we may learn more from...
Talk not of wasted affection - affection...
That which the fountain sends forth...
The best thing one can do...
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature...
The dawn is not distant, nor...
The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
The Helicon of too many poets...
The human voice is the organ...
The life of a man consists...
The love of learning, the sequestered...
The mind of the scholar, if...
The nearer the dawn the darker...
The rapture of pursuing is the...
The sky is filled with stars...
The strength of criticism lies in...
The talent of success is nothing...
There are moments in life, when...
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and...
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Thy fate is the common fate...
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