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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. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#companions #flight #great men #heights #kept

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. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#another #darkness #distant #each #life

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#better #books #conversation #man #mere

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#disappointed #foolish #fully #leave #passion

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

#enough #gate #great #knock #long

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#character #excellence #manners #simplicity #style

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#changing #color #idle #mind #reverie

The nearer the dawn the darker the night. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#dawn #nearer #night

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#either #hammer #man #must #world

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#because #come #comes #deserved #doing