People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

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.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.

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...

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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...

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...

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,...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

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...

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

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.

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...

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

Nature is not human hearted.

Nature is not human hearted.