Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.”

“Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.”

“If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”

“However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.”

“I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.”

“Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.”

“Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.”

“The nearer the dawn the darker the night.”

“Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.”

“The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.”