Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

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...

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...

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

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

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

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

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

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

Resolve and thou art free.

Resolve and thou art free.

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

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...

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...

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...

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

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.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...