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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes about Virtue

The low desire, the base design That makes another's virtues less.

The low desire, the base design That makes another's virtues less.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1856). “Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow ... Illustrated with ... engravings on wood from designs by J. E. Benham, Birket Foster, etc”, p.232

Fear is the virtue of slaves; but the heart that loveth is willing.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1856). “Voices of the night. Ballads and other poems. Poems on slavery. The Spanish student. The belfry of Bruges and other poems. Evangeline. The seaside and the fireside”, p.96