#on

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#feminine #french #life #like #masculine

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#first #fluttering #holier #life #love

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

Youth comes but once in a lifetime. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#lifetime #once #youth

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#author #challenge #corners #critics #every

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#deserved #destiny #fame #inevitable #only

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#gate #knock #long #loud #only

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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