Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with sorrow

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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  • If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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  • A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain.
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  • Not enjoyment and not sorrow, is our destined end or way; but to act that each tomorrow find us farther than today.
    A Psalm of Life
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  • Not enjoyment, and not sorrow is our destined way, but to act that each tomorrow may find us further than today.
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