American - Poet | February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882
Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
FreedomPowerPeopleOnlyDemand
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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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.
GreatTimeMenGreat MenLeaveUs
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
FireThoughtUsThanOftenMakes
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Resolve and thou art free.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
TodayTomorrowStrongFindPlace
Music is the universal language of mankind.
MusicLanguageMankindUniversal
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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