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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The nearer the dawn the darker the night. ↗

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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

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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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