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

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

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.

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

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...

All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

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

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

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

I wish you would listen closer to the songs that I play. 'Cause the lyrics...

I wish you would listen closer to the songs that I play. 'Cause the lyrics...

Ja Rule is not Tupac

Ja Rule is not Tupac