Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Love gives itself; it is not bought.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The counterfeit and counterpart Of Nature reproduced in art.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
For his heart was in his work, and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
