The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is…

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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

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

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

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

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.

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

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.

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...

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...

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear...

Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear...