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I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.
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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Big words do not smite like war-clubs, Boastful breath is not a bow-string, Taunts are not so sharp as arrows, Deeds are better things than words are, Actions mightier than boastings.
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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
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And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.
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Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.
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