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Death4 quotes
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1873I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned. — Edna St. Vincent Millay · 1928Art2 quotes
The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them. — Mark RothkoThe most important tool the artist fashions through constant practice is faith in his ability to produce miracles when they are needed. — Mark RothkoFlings2 quotes
I know I am but summer to your heart,
And not the full four seasons of the year. — Edna St. Vincent Millay · 1923What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning — Edna St. Vincent Millay · 1923Inevitability of death2 quotes
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned. — Edna St. Vincent Millay · 1928Inner life2 quotes
In the life of each of us, I said to myself there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness. — Sarah Orne Jewett · 1896Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878Life2 quotes
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1873The human condition2 quotes
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1842Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838America1 quote
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1850American Revolution1 quote
One, if by land, and two, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1861American experiment1 quote
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1850Art and religion1 quote
The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them. — Mark RothkoArtist and audience1 quote
The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them. — Mark RothkoArtistic development1 quote
The most important tool the artist fashions through constant practice is faith in his ability to produce miracles when they are needed. — Mark RothkoBeing present1 quote
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,—act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Books1 quote
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. — Stephen King · 2007Cutting loose1 quote
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1845Daily life1 quote
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1840Dignity of work1 quote
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1840Down days1 quote
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1842Empathy1 quote
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. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1857Enemies1 quote
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. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1857Gender relations1 quote
As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto the man is woman,
Though she bends him, she obeys him,
Though she draws him, yet she follows,
Useless each without the other! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855Goals1 quote
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1882God and America1 quote
Although he is regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics, and in America disagreement with the policies of the government is not evidence of lack of patriotism. — George Mitchell · 1987Hard work1 quote
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Idleness1 quote
I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labour, and at the expiration of that time I should feel fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months. — Artemus Ward · 1867Inspiration1 quote
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Legacy1 quote
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Life and death1 quote
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1873