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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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  • Ah! what would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before.
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  • In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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  • Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
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  • One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.
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  • The world loves a spice of wickedness.
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  • Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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  • Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment. There is no fate in the world so horrible as to have no share in either its joys or sorrows.
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What are the most famous quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

The two most famous quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are:

  • "Ah! what would the world be to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before."
  • "In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer."

When did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow live?

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