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Look, then, into thine heart, and write!

Look, then, into thine heart, and write!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writing, Heart, Looks
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1839). “Voices of the Night”, p.15

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.

If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writing, Character, Easy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.19

A life that is worth writing at all is worth writing minutely.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writing, Biographies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Hyperion”, p.57, Jazzybee Verlag

Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writing, Past, Milton
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Book, Reading, Writing
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.453

With many readers, brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under ground.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mistake, Writing, Style
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.429

Authors have a greater right than any copyright, though it is generally unacknowledged or disregarded. They have a right to the reader's civility. There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it, and to these the author has a claim. Yet many people think that when they buy a book they buy with it the right to abuse the author.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Book, Reading, Writing
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “Kavanagh: And Other Pieces”, p.364

This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the old one. Even now as I write they are leading old John Brown to execution in Virginia for attempting to rescue slaves! This is sowing the wind to reap the whirlwind which will come soon!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
War, Writing, Virginia
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2428, Delphi Classics

Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writing, Language, Superfluous
"The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow".

Look, then, into thine heart, and write! Yes, into Life's deep stream! All forms of sorrow and delight, All solemn Voices of the Night, That can soothe thee, or affright, - Be these henceforth thy theme. (excerpt from "Voices of the Night")

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writing, Heart, Night
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Voices Of The Night: Prelude”

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