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James Russell Lowell Quotes

My soul is not a palace of the past Picture Quote #1

Those who love are but one step from heaven Picture Quote #1

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave Picture Quote #1

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide Picture Quote #1

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic Picture Quote #1

He gives us the very quintessence of perception Picture Quote #1

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Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite Picture Quote #1

Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains Picture Quote #1

But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey’s end Picture Quote #1

It is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland Picture Quote #1

A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache Picture Quote #1

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it’s the light of the oncoming train Picture Quote #1

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When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin’s lamp Picture Quote #1

There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual Picture Quote #1

What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone! How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare, As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills The bowl between me and those distant hills, And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair! Picture Quote #1

It is only the intellect that can be thoroughly and hideously wicked. It can forget everything in the attainment of its ends. The heart recoils; in its retired some drops of childhood’s dew still linger, defying manhood’s fiery noon Picture Quote #1

Violet! Sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years? Picture Quote #1

What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love’s sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels’ eyes, and rings well upon God’s touchstone Picture Quote #1

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And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days Picture Quote #1

This child is not mine as the first was; I cannot sing it to rest; I cannot lift it up fatherly, And bless it upon my breast. Yet it lies in my little one’s cradle, And sits in my little one’s chair, And the light of the heaven she ‘s gone to Transfigures its golden hair Picture Quote #1

The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change... [Truth’s] mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past Picture Quote #1

Men! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? Picture Quote #1

O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born! That Pentecost when utterance clear To all men shall be given, When all shall say My Brother here, And hear My Son in heaven! Picture Quote #1

Our American republic will endure only as long as the ideas of the men who founded it continue dominant Picture Quote #1

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Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he’s weighed its relation To plain bread and butter Picture Quote #1

Children are God’s Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace Picture Quote #1

The flowers or weeds that spring up tomorrow are in the seeds we sow today.The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions Picture Quote #1

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed Picture Quote #1

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not Picture Quote #1

Here come the hum the golden bees Underneath full blossomed trees, At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned Picture Quote #1

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My soul is not a palace of the past (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Those who love are but one step from heaven (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide (James Russell Lowell Quotes) A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic (James Russell Lowell Quotes) He gives us the very quintessence of perception (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains (James Russell Lowell Quotes) But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey’s end (James Russell Lowell Quotes) It is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland (James Russell Lowell Quotes) A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache (James Russell Lowell Quotes) If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it’s the light of the oncoming train (James Russell Lowell Quotes) When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin’s lamp (James Russell Lowell Quotes) There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual (James Russell Lowell Quotes) What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone! How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare, As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills The bowl between me and those distant hills, And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair! (James Russell Lowell Quotes) It is only the intellect that can be thoroughly and hideously wicked. It can forget everything in the attainment of its ends. The heart recoils; in its retired some drops of childhood’s dew still linger, defying manhood’s fiery noon (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Violet! Sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years? (James Russell Lowell Quotes) What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love’s sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels’ eyes, and rings well upon God’s touchstone (James Russell Lowell Quotes) And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days (James Russell Lowell Quotes) This child is not mine as the first was; I cannot sing it to rest; I cannot lift it up fatherly, And bless it upon my breast. Yet it lies in my little one’s cradle, And sits in my little one’s chair, And the light of the heaven she ‘s gone to Transfigures its golden hair (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change... [Truth’s] mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Men! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? (James Russell Lowell Quotes) O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born! That Pentecost when utterance clear To all men shall be given, When all shall say My Brother here, And hear My Son in heaven! (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Our American republic will endure only as long as the ideas of the men who founded it continue dominant. (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he’s weighed its relation To plain bread and butter. (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Children are God’s Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The flowers or weeds that spring up tomorrow are in the seeds we sow today.The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Here come the hum the golden bees Underneath full blossomed trees, At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned. (James Russell Lowell Quotes)

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