Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
27 Feb 1807 // 24 Mar 1882
Poet
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It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.
The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright.
The house is full of life and light.
The house is full of life and light.
Old Proverbs, Wise Sayings
The surest pledge of a deathless name
Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
The Herons of Elmwood
For Time will teach thee soon the truth,
There are no birds in last year's nest!
There are no birds in last year's nest!
It is Not Always May
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.
And all the sweet serenity of books.
Morituri Salutamus
It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays