926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Silence and solitude, the soul’s best friends.

To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one’s judgment of others.

There’s nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the pull of the earth.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning – an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

If a woman shows too often the Medusa’s head, she must not be astonished if her lover is turned into stone.

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

A boy’s will is the wind’s will.