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Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Age: 75 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 1
Died: 1882
Died: March 24
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Ah me! what wonder-working, occult science Can from the ashes in our hearts once more The rose of youth restore? What craft of alchemy can bid defiance To time and change, and for a single hour Renew this phantom-flower?
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
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Nothing useless is, or low Each thing in its place is best And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
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God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again.
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In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays.
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The soul...is audible, not visible.
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In what a forge and what a heat were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock 'Tis of the wave and not the rock.
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People of a lively imagination are generally curious, and always so when a little in love.
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How like they are to human things!
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It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life.
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The Wreck of the Hesperus But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he.
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The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
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Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies.
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None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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