Social Commentaries
Poetic Aphorisms: Art and Tact
From Translations
Social Commentaries
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;
Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from Friedrich von Logau, German
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MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Art and Tact.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/379/.
Chicago
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Art and Tact.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/379/.
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