Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : American Poet
Born: February 27, 1807
Died: March 24, 1882
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader’s imagination i…
The joys of friendship inert the heart and fizzy home bounci…
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Francis …
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-s…
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back …
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he fe…
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader’s imagination i…
The joys of friendship inert the heart and fizzy home bounci…
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Francis …
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-s…
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back …
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he fe…
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-s …
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole …
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. Char…
Death is always around the corner, but often our society giv…
Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often ass…
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often the…
Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their s…
I’ve also seen that great men are often lonely. This is unde…
It’s so often that I read for the bouncy, sunny girl men fal…
The worst men often give the best advice. Francis Bacon…
Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they b…
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when …
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. Ralph…
A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression. Ezra …
