Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"Age is opportunity no less, Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away, The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day."	Age
"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."	Government, Friends
"Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest! published in "The Seaside and the Fireside"	Love
"Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending."	Art, Beginnings, Excellence
"If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning."	Miscellaneous
"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility."	History, Life, Men
"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth."	Comedy, Goals
"It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it."	Age, Happiness, Joy
"It is autumn; not without But within me is the cold. Youth and spring are all about; It is I that have grown old."	Age
"It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong."	Time
"It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong."	Time
"Joy and Temperance and Repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose."	Quotations
"Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong."	Knowledge, Strength, Wisdom
"Let us then, be up and doing. With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Art
"Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. "	Art, Goals, Life
"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone."	Art, Genius, Men
"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions."	Wisdom
"Music is the universal language of mankind."	Music
"Music is the universal language of mankind."	Economics, Dancing
"Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. "	Love
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Age	Art	Beginnings
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Dancing	Darkness	Death
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Government	Happiness	History
Honesty	Joy	Knowledge
Learning	Lies	Life
Light	Love	Men
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Sin	Sorrow	Strength
Success	Talent	Time
Truth	Virtue	War
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