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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Love, Inspirational, Sweet
"Morituri Salutamus" st. 21 (1875)

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Men, Labor Day, Faces
"The Village Blacksmith" st. 2 (1839)

The atmosphere breathes rest and comfort, and the many chambers seem full of welcomes.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thank You, Atmosphere, Comfort
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.804, Jazzybee Verlag

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inspirational, Success, Motivation
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.44

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Love, Night, Dawn
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Complete Poems of Longfellow”, Library of Alexandria

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heart, Diversity, Noble
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Santa Filomena. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)”

Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Guests, Tomorrow, Mysterious
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.862, Delphi Classics

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sea, Brave, Secret
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.131

How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and the heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Beautiful, Rain, Dust
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.85

In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hero, Dumb, Battle
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.3

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fashion, Self, Dust
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.807, Delphi Classics

All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Country, Poet, Great Poet
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The Works: Kavanagh. Outre-Mer”, p.69

All your strength in is your union. All your danger is in discord. Therefore be at peace henceforward, And as brothers live together.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Strength, Brother, Diversity
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.430, Delphi Classics

Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Beauty, God, Art
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works: Hyperion”, p.138

If a woman shows too often the Medusa's head, she must not be astonished if her lover is turned into stone.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Women, Medusa, Stones
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1887). “Final Memorials of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”

Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere - "Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less; Better like Hector in the field to die, Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wise, Writing, Doors
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Morituri Salutamus", (pp. 142-144), 1922.

Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Time, Learning, Heart
"A Psalm of Life" st. 9 (1838)

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art, Glory, Used
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1489, Delphi Classics

The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Children, Spring, Flower
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2429, Delphi Classics

I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lying, Ambition, Light
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.157

The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Law, Causes, Mercy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.452

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music, Appreciation, Teacher
1835 OutreMer. Also attributed to Christopher North (1865-1954).

The things that have been and shall be no more, The things that are, and that hereafter shall be, The things that might have been, and yet were not, The fading twilight of joys departed.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Twilight, Joy, Departed
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1099, Delphi Classics

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learning, Fire, Brain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “Kavanagh, and Other Pieces”, p.362

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Voice, Soul, Organs

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