Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | men
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | men
Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | life
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | life
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.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | learning
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | history
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.
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