American - Poet | February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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