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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet

Lived from: 1807 - 1882

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 27 february 1807 Died: 24 march 1882

  • Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
  • All the means of action - the shapeless masses - the materials - lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to change the flint into the transparent crystal, bright and clear. That fire is genius.''
  • Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

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  • The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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  • Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.
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  • I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.
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  • Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
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  • Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
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  • Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.
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  • When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.
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What are the most famous quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

The two most famous quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are:

  • "The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."
  • "Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture."

When did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow live?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in 1807 and died in the year 1882.