Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Frases famosas
“Nós julgamo-nos pelo que nos propomos a fazer, os outros julgam-nos por aquilo que fazemos.”
Variante: Julgamos a nós mesmos pelo que nos sentimos capazes de fazer, enquanto os outros nos julgam pelo que já fizemos.
“O hoje e o ontem são as pedras com que construímos.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Builders
Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build <br class="br">"The Builders" in: "The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" - Página 162 http://books.google.com/books?id=RN8NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA162, de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir John Gilbert - Publicado por G. Routledge, 1867 - 624 páginas
Citações de vida de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Faz-me bem ser um pouco ressequido pelo calor e encharcado pela chuva de vida”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow livro Hyperion
It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life <br class="br">Hyperion: A Romance - Página 182 http://books.google.com/books?id=lmkRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA182, de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Publicado por Ticknor and Fields, 1859 - 382 páginas
“Em cada vida alguma chuva deve cair, e alguns dias devem ser escuros e sombrios.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ballads and Other Poems
Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. <br class="br">Ballads and other poems - Página 112 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=9HYCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA112, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - J. Owen, 1842 - 132 páginas
“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.”
Citações de amor de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow frases e citações
“Em carácter, em comportamento e em todas as coisas, a suprema excelência está na simplicidade.”
Variante: Em caráter, em comportamento e em todas as coisas, a suprema excelência está na simplicidade.
Variante: A maioria das pessoas teria sucesso em coisas pequenas, se eles não estivessem preocupados com grandes ambições.
"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth."
“As pessoas apenas exigem liberdade quando não têm nenhum poder.”
"People demand freedom only when they have no power."
“A melhor coisa a fazer quando chove é deixar chover.”
"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain."
“A força da crítica está na fraqueza da coisa criticada.”
"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Frases em inglês
“The leaves of memory seemed to make
A mournful rustling in the dark.”
The Fire of Drift-wood, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Longfellow's translation of Friedrich von Logau, "Retribution", Sinngedichte III, 2, 24. http://www.kith.org/journals/jed/2002/05/21/452.html.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A Psalm of Life
St. 3.
A Psalm of Life (1839)
“A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
My Lost Youth, refrain (1858), quoting Olaus Sirma
Fonte: The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.”
There Was a Little Girl http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1345.html<br>Often misquoted as "When she was good/She was very, very good". <br class="br">Contexto: There was a little girl,<br>Who had a little curl,<br>Right in the middle of her forehead.<br>When she was good,<br>She was very good indeed,<br>But when she was bad she was horrid.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish
Fonte: The Courtship of Miles Standish
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow livro Voices of the Night
St. 4.
Cf. Andrew Marvell, Upon the Death of Lord Hastings (1649): "Art indeed is long, but life is short".
A Psalm of Life (1839)
Fonte: Voices of the Night
“For his heart was in his work, and the heart
Giveth grace unto every Art.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Building of the Ship
Fonte: The Building of the Ship (1849), Line 7.
Fonte: Hiawatha: The Story and Song
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Santa Filomena
Santa Filomena.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems (1875)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Flowers
Flowers, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Resignation
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Resignation
The Golden Legend http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10490/10490-h/10490-h.htm, Pt. IV, The Cloisters (1872).
“God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish
Part IV.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
“All things come round to him who will but wait.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tales of a Wayside Inn
Pt. I, The Student's Tale.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Light of Stars
The Light of Stars, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Goblet of Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Village Blacksmith
St. 1.
The Village Blacksmith (1842)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Prelude.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish
Pt. III, The Lover's Errand.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
“There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.”
Inferno, canto v, line 121.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)