Author: James Russell Lowell

Quotes

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

- 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

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

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.

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.

- James Russell Lowell

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

- James Russell Lowell

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

- James Russell Lowell

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

- 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

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