Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

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

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

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

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

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

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such...

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

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.

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

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

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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...

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while...

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while...

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

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.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

A human life is a story told by God.

A human life is a story told by God.

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...