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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the Fireside Poets from New England. ...more

Birth: February 27, 1807 - Death: March 24, 1882

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Music is the language spoken by angels.

Topic(s): Language , Music Is , Angel

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Shows , Love

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Doe , Character

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I will be a man among men; and no longer a dreamer among shadows.

Topic(s): Men , Action , Shadow

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Be thy sleep, Silent as night is, and as deep.

Topic(s): Night , Sleep , Silent

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the long run men hit only what they aim at.

Topic(s): Men , Long , Inspirational

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart’s deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,– One touch of fire,–and all the rest is mystery!