Longfellow

Famous quotes containing the word longfellow:

    A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (20th century)

    Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

    Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
    “God is not dead; nor doth He sleep;
    The wrong shall fail,
    The right prevail,
    With peace on earth, good will to men.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)