James Russell Lowell Quotes (26 quotations)
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1. A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity. - James Russell Lowell
2. All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - James Russell Lowell
3. Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. - James Russell Lowell
4. Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it. - James Russell Lowell
5. Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. - James Russell Lowell
6. Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. - James Russell Lowell
7. Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. - James Russell Lowell
8. Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. - James Russell Lowell
9. Folks never understand the folks they hate. - James Russell Lowell
10. Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons. - James Russell Lowell
11. In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. - James Russell Lowell
12. Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which will never happen. - James Russell Lowell
13. Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. - James Russell Lowell
14. Not failure, but low aim, is crime. - James Russell Lowell
15. On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. - James Russell Lowell
16. Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - James Russell Lowell
17. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. - James Russell Lowell
18. The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. - James Russell Lowell
19. There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. - James Russell Lowell
20. There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. - James Russell Lowell
21. They are slaves who fear to speak, For the fallen and the weak. - James Russell Lowell
22. Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief. - James Russell Lowell
23. Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. - James Russell Lowell
24. Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. - James Russell Lowell
25. We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him. - James Russell Lowell
26. Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain. - James Russell Lowell
2. All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - James Russell Lowell
3. Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. - James Russell Lowell
4. Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it. - James Russell Lowell
5. Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. - James Russell Lowell
6. Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. - James Russell Lowell
7. Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. - James Russell Lowell
8. Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. - James Russell Lowell
9. Folks never understand the folks they hate. - James Russell Lowell
10. Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons. - James Russell Lowell
11. In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. - James Russell Lowell
12. Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which will never happen. - James Russell Lowell
13. Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. - James Russell Lowell
14. Not failure, but low aim, is crime. - James Russell Lowell
15. On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. - James Russell Lowell
16. Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - James Russell Lowell
17. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. - James Russell Lowell
18. The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. - James Russell Lowell
19. There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. - James Russell Lowell
20. There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. - James Russell Lowell
21. They are slaves who fear to speak, For the fallen and the weak. - James Russell Lowell
22. Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief. - James Russell Lowell
23. Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. - James Russell Lowell
24. Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. - James Russell Lowell
25. We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him. - James Russell Lowell
26. Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain. - James Russell Lowell
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