Tag: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

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Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.

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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.

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Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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Talk not of wasted affection affection never was wasted.

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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dreamFor the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not what they seem.Life is real Life is earnestAnd the grave is not its goalDust thou art to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.

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The adoration of his heart had been to her only as the perfume of a wild flower, which she had carelessly crushed with her foot in passing.

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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

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The holiest of holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart The secret anniversaries of the heart.

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