Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes


Don Quixote thought he could have made beautiful bird-cages and toothpicks if his brain had not been so full of ideas of chivalry. Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.


Citations

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh: A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849, p. 83.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Born: February 27, 1807
  • Died: March 24, 1882
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the Fireside Poets from New England.