James Russell Lowell quotes

I don't believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest. (James Russell Lowell)
The foolish and the dead never change their opinions. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. View quote
James Russell Lowell
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief. View quote
James Russell Lowell
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Folks never understand the folks they hate. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. View quote
James Russell Lowell
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. View quote
James Russell Lowell
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it. (James Russell Lowell)
What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us. View quote
James Russell Lowell
The surest plan to make a man is, think him so. View quote
James Russell Lowell
The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Fate loves the fearless. View quote
James Russell Lowell
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. View quote
James Russell Lowell
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. View quote
James Russell Lowell
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Not failure, but low aim, is crime. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. (James Russell Lowell)
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Solitude is as needed to the imagination as society is wholesome to the character. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. View quote
James Russell Lowell