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James Russell Lowell Quotes

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character Picture Quote #1

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit Picture Quote #1

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat Picture Quote #1

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral Picture Quote #1

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment Picture Quote #1

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates Picture Quote #1

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Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances Picture Quote #1

All share in the government of the world was denied for centuries to perhaps the ablest, certainly the most tenacious race that had ever lived in it Picture Quote #1

A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil’s weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there is more poison in the handle than in the point Picture Quote #1

It is quite too common a practice, both in readers and the more superficial class of critics, to judge a book by what it is not, a matter much easier to determine than what it is Picture Quote #1

Let us be thankful that there is no court by which we can be excluded from our share in the inheritance of the great poets of all ages and countries, to which our simple humanity entitles us Picture Quote #1

The sentimentalist does not think of what he does so much as of what the world will think of what he does Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest Picture Quote #1

The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases Picture Quote #1

This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion Picture Quote #1

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people Picture Quote #1

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business Picture Quote #1

Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy Picture Quote #1

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Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is Picture Quote #1

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded Picture Quote #1

The snow had begun in the gloaming, and busily all the night had been heaping field and highway with a silence deep and white Picture Quote #1

The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in Picture Quote #1

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can’t write, can surely review Picture Quote #1

I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them Picture Quote #1

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To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism Picture Quote #1

The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it Picture Quote #1

Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free Picture Quote #1

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence Picture Quote #1

The intellect has only one failing, which, to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience Picture Quote #1

It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous Picture Quote #1

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Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit (James Russell Lowell Quotes) There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat (James Russell Lowell Quotes) What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral (James Russell Lowell Quotes) True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment (James Russell Lowell Quotes) There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances (James Russell Lowell Quotes) All share in the government of the world was denied for centuries to perhaps the ablest, certainly the most tenacious race that had ever lived in it (James Russell Lowell Quotes) A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil’s weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there is more poison in the handle than in the point (James Russell Lowell Quotes) It is quite too common a practice, both in readers and the more superficial class of critics, to judge a book by what it is not, a matter much easier to determine than what it is (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Let us be thankful that there is no court by which we can be excluded from our share in the inheritance of the great poets of all ages and countries, to which our simple humanity entitles us (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The sentimentalist does not think of what he does so much as of what the world will think of what he does (James Russell Lowell Quotes) It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases (James Russell Lowell Quotes) This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people (James Russell Lowell Quotes) There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is (James Russell Lowell Quotes) There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The snow had begun in the gloaming, and busily all the night had been heaping field and highway with a silence deep and white (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can’t write, can surely review (James Russell Lowell Quotes) I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them (James Russell Lowell Quotes) To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it (James Russell Lowell Quotes) Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free (James Russell Lowell Quotes) It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence (James Russell Lowell Quotes) The intellect has only one failing, which, to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience (James Russell Lowell Quotes) It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous (James Russell Lowell Quotes)

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