Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

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 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...

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

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love,...

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love,...

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

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...

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

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.

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...

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...

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.