Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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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. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Into each life some rain must fall. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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