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

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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...

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of...

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of...

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...

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...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

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...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

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...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind...

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind...

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

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...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not...

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not...