
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes
American Poet February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882
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As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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


Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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