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

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

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...

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...

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

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

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

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the...

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the...

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and...

We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and...

Some people never say the words 'I love you'. It's not their style to be...

Some people never say the words 'I love you'. It's not their style to be...

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.