#he

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#child #hard #hard words #heart #jacket

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#either #hammer #man #must #world

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#ascending #base #build #find #firm

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. ↗

— Virgil

#arms #eloquence #excels #man

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#devotion #enemy #fold #hands #his

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#himself #mail #none #others #pierce

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#generally #hole #leaves #mind #nature

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#deserved #destiny #fame #inevitable #only

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#every #giveth #grace #heart #his