James Russell Lowell Quotes

James Russell Lowell Quotes

James Russell Lowell Quotes

Consider the following quotes by James Russell Lowell:

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

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

"A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity."

"Folks never understand the folks they hate."

"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle."

"Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character."

"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak."

"There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

"Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief."

"They are slaves who fear to speak,For the fallen and the weak."

"Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.
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