926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The student has his Rome, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, / Is our destined end or way, / But to act, that each to-morrow / Find us farther than today.

Wisely the Hebrews admit no Present tense in their language;While we are speaking the word, it is is already the Past.

For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

These are the woes of Slaves;They glare from the abyss;They cry, from unknown graves,"We are the Witnesses!

Frost kills the flowers that bloom out of season...

I am weary of your quarrels,Weary of your wars and bloodshed,Weary of your prayers for vengeance,Of your wranglings and dissensions

And oft the blessed time foretellsWhen all men shall be free;And musical, as silver bells,Their falling chains shall be.