Inspirational Quotes - Page 573

'Aphorisms' sect. 1, para. 1 (translation by Chaucer). Often quoted in Latin as Ars longa, vita brevis; see Seneca 'De Brevitae Vitae' sect. 1.
The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness of our life is gone.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1853). “Hyperion, illustr. from drawings by B. Foster”, p.4
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.134
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.44
Henry James (1852). “Lectures and miscellanies”, p.124
Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.10, New York Review of Books
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Walden ch. 2 (1854)
'Almansor' (1823) l. 245
"When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough".