James Russell Lowell Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by James Russell Lowell

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. James Russell Lowell Quotes

James Russell Lowell Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from James Russell Lowell on Wise Famous Quotes.

James Russell Lowell quotes: If the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with them. If the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with them.
James Russell Lowell quotes: All thoughtful men are solitary and original in themselves. All thoughtful men are solitary and original in themselves.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Through aisles of long-drawn centuries my spirit walks in thought. Through aisles of long-drawn centuries my spirit walks in thought.
James Russell Lowell quotes: I tell ye wut, my judgment is you're pooty sure to fail, Ez long 'z the head keeps turnin' back for counsel to the the tail. I tell ye wut, my judgment is you're pooty sure to fail, Ez long 'z the head keeps turnin' back for counsel to the the tail.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Life is a sheet of paper white / Whereon each one of us may write / His word or two, and then comes night. Life is a sheet of paper white / Whereon each one of us may write / His word or two, and then comes night.
James Russell Lowell quotes: There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise. There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy. Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy.
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? 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: And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.
James Russell Lowell quotes: The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can't see it - but all the same, it is sixteen pounds to the square inch. The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can't see it - but all the same, it is sixteen pounds to the square inch.
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 quotes: No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field. Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.
James Russell Lowell quotes: The quiet tenderness of Chaucer, where you almost seem to hear the hot tears falling, and the simple choking words sobbed out. The quiet tenderness of Chaucer, where you almost seem to hear the hot tears falling, and the simple choking words sobbed out.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Many-sidedness of culture makes our vision clearer and keener in particulars. Many-sidedness of culture makes our vision clearer and keener in particulars.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Folks never understand the folks they hate. Folks never understand the folks they hate.
James Russell Lowell quotes: To win the secret of a weed's plain heart. To win the secret of a weed's plain heart.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Not failure, but low aim, is crime. Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
James Russell Lowell quotes: He's true to God who's true to man. He's true to God who's true to man.
James Russell Lowell quotes: New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.
James Russell Lowell quotes: A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity
James Russell Lowell quotes: Freedom needs all her poets; it is theyWho give her aspirations wings,And to the wiser law of music swayHer wild imaginings. Freedom needs all her poets; it is they
Who give her aspirations wings,
And to the wiser law of music sway
Her wild imaginings.
James Russell Lowell quotes: It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland. It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge. Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge.
James Russell Lowell quotes: And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl. And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.
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. 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: Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave. Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
James Russell Lowell quotes: He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned. He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Of courage and security from every sod of it would have evaporated beyond recall. We should be irrevocably cut Of courage and security from every sod of it would have evaporated beyond recall. We should be irrevocably cut
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. 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: For men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth. For men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.
James Russell Lowell quotes: In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
James Russell Lowell quotes: In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
James Russell Lowell quotes: In creating the only hard thing's to begin In creating the only hard thing's to begin
James Russell Lowell quotes: Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle. Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.
James Russell Lowell quotes: We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him. We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality. Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Some kind of pace may be got out of the eeriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood. Some kind of pace may be got out of the eeriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood.
James Russell Lowell quotes: A sneer is the weapon of the weak. A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory. Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
James Russell Lowell quotes: 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 quotes: Better one bite at forty, of truths bitter rind, than the hot wine that gushed from the vintage of twenty. Better one bite at forty, of truths bitter rind, than the hot wine that gushed from the vintage of twenty.
James Russell Lowell quotes: This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Reading Chaucer is like brushing through the dewy grass at sunrise. Reading Chaucer is like brushing through the dewy grass at sunrise.
James Russell Lowell quotes: But better far it is to speakOne simple word, which now and thenShall waken their free nature in the weakAnd friendless sons of men. But better far it is to speak
One simple word, which now and then
Shall waken their free nature in the weak
And friendless sons of men.
James Russell Lowell quotes: My soul is not a palace of the past ... My soul is not a palace of the past ...
James Russell Lowell quotes: [B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. [B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own.
James Russell Lowell quotes: How little inventiveness there is in man, Grave copier of copies. How little inventiveness there is in man, Grave copier of copies.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found. Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.
James Russell Lowell quotes: At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold. At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
James Russell Lowell quotes: New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression. New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough. Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.
James Russell Lowell quotes: 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 quotes: It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reasoning is. It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reasoning is.
James Russell Lowell quotes: He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.
James Russell Lowell quotes: A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
James Russell Lowell quotes: He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty. He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.
James Russell Lowell quotes: God is not dumb, that he should speak no more;If thou hast wanderings in the wildernessAnd find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor. God is not dumb, that he should speak no more;
If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness
And find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years? Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years?
James Russell Lowell quotes: Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue. Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace. Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.
James Russell Lowell quotes: A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know. A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know.
James Russell Lowell quotes: To have greatly dreamed precludes low ends. To have greatly dreamed precludes low ends.
James Russell Lowell quotes: There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
James Russell Lowell quotes: The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next. The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next.
James Russell Lowell quotes: It is the vain endeavor to make ourselves what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left in the rough. It is the vain endeavor to make ourselves what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left in the rough.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction. Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.
James Russell Lowell quotes: That pernicious sentiment, "Our country, right or wrong." That pernicious sentiment, "Our country, right or wrong."
James Russell Lowell quotes: Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it. Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free. Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Humbleness is always grace; always dignity Humbleness is always grace; always dignity
James Russell Lowell quotes: The green grass floweth like a streamInto the oceans's blue. The green grass floweth like a stream
Into the oceans's blue.
James Russell Lowell quotes: May is a pious fraud of the almanac. May is a pious fraud of the almanac.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave. Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not. Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not.
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 ... 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: All that hath been majesticalIn life or death, since time began,Is native in the simple heart of all,The angel heat of man. All that hath been majestical
In life or death, since time began,
Is native in the simple heart of all,
The angel heat of man.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Slow are the steps of freedom, but her feet turn never backward. Slow are the steps of freedom, but her feet turn never backward.
James Russell Lowell quotes: The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market. The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.
James Russell Lowell quotes: He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning. He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.
James Russell Lowell quotes: There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds. There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.
James Russell Lowell quotes: 'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking. 'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.
James Russell Lowell quotes: A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow. A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.
James Russell Lowell quotes: The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow. The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light a crime. Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light a crime.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust. Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own. Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
James Russell Lowell quotes: The very gnarliest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in it; but they are tuned differently in every one of us. The very gnarliest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in it; but they are tuned differently in every one of us.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.
James Russell Lowell quotes: In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing. In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing.
James Russell Lowell quotes: To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life. To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves. Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves.
James Russell Lowell quotes: No price is set on the lavish summer;June may be had by the poorest comer. No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest comer.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ... Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ...
James Russell Lowell quotes: Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint. Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
James Russell Lowell quotes: They talk about their Pilgrim blood, their birthright high and holy! a mountain-stream that ends in mud thinks is melancholy. They talk about their Pilgrim blood, their birthright high and holy! a mountain-stream that ends in mud thinks is melancholy.
James Russell Lowell quotes: Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly. Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.