Evil is only good perverted.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

All things must change To something new, to something strange.

All things must change To something new, to something strange.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when...

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when...

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why...

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

All this happens because man is love and is there is a great love between...

All this happens because man is love and is there is a great love between...

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours....

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours....

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...