Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"The holiest of holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart."	Art, Lies, Time
"Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues."	Change, Learning, Men
"If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning."	Miscellaneous
"The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart."	Art, Lies, Time
"There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together."	Art, Life, Men
"Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong."	Knowledge, Strength, Wisdom
"It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong."	Time
"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 sought after."	Ability, Success, Talent
"Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, - act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead."	Art, Death, History
"The morning pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air."	Age, Glory, Money
"It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong."	Time
"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions."	Wisdom
"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."	Government, Friends
"Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age."	Age
"Joy and Temperance and Repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose."	Quotations
"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
"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
"Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. "	Love
"The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night."	Darkness, Excellence, Light
"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
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