O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried!
Interpretation
This quote expresses the deep sorrow and suffering experienced by humanity, highlighting the struggles and fears associated with life and death.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s quote reflects the profound anguish and sorrow that many people experience in their lives. It portrays humanity as a collective being steeped in misery, caught between the longing for relief from suffering and the fear of what lies beyond death. This poignant observation emphasizes the courage required to endure life's arduous challenges while still holding on to hope.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about mental health awareness to emphasize the struggles individuals face.
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.
God is not dead; nor doth He sleep; ... _x000D_ The wrong shall fail,_x000D_ The right prevail,_x000D_ With peace on earth, good will to men.
In the long run men hit only what they aim at.
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups.
How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations but just thrust into the ranks as if I had been bought by a peddling shanghaier of human beings? How did I get involved in this big enterprise called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isn't it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager—I have something to say about this. Is there no manager? To whom shall I make my complaint?
True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.
The 'frankness' of people sunk below shame is a very cheap frankness.
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