Quote#World
The heights by great men reached and kept
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Ladder of St. Augustine, st. 10..
English (original)
The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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