The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets...

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

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us, then be up and doing,/ With a heart for any fate;/ Still achieving, still pursuing,/ Learn to labour and to wait.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,/ And all the sweet serenity of books.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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