Author: James Russell Lowell

Quotes

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

- James Russell Lowell

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

- James Russell Lowell

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

- James Russell Lowell

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

- James Russell Lowell

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

- James Russell Lowell

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.

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

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

- James Russell Lowell

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

- James Russell Lowell

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

- James Russell Lowell

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