Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes about Literature

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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Pain, Suffering, Literature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2008). “Michael Angelo and Translations”, p.16, Wildside Press LLC

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Literature, Cold

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.52

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Heart, Reality, Literature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.350, Delphi Classics

No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Literature, Language, Written

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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fate, Destiny, Literature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1877, Delphi Classics

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Literature, Return, Fountain

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.252

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

Success, Congratulations, Literature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1848). “Hyperion”, p.66