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

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Poets Quotes, Understanding Quotes

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...

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

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...

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...

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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...

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

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

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

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...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

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

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

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

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,...

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...

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.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of...

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of...