Not in the clamor of the crowded street,

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	"Not 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

Top 5 quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear."
"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,"
"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."
"Ah, how skillful grows the hand that obeyeth love's command! It is the heart and not the brain that to the highest doth attain, and he who followeth love's behest far excelleth all the rest."
"I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets."

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