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

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...

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,...

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

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

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

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

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...

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me...

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me...

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands...

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

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...