Quotes by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supre >>

In ourselves are triumph and defeat. >>

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dr >>

Quotations about Genius

Genius must be born, and never can be taught. >>

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and impr >>

The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, sho >>

All the means of action -- the shapeless masses -- the materials -- lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to change the flint into the transparent crystal, bright and clear. That fire is genius.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth