Author: James Russell Lowell

Quotes

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

- 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

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

- James Russell Lowell

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

- 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

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

- 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

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