Quotes by James Russell Lowell

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Not failure, but low aim, is crime. — James Russell Lowell
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime. — James Russell Lowell
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how. — James Russell Lowell
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. — James Russell Lowell
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. — James Russell Lowell
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it — James Russell Lowell
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. — James Russell Lowell
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. — James Russell Lowell
Light is the symbol of truth. — James Russell Lowell
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. — James Russell Lowell
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache. — James Russell Lowell
The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the — James Russell Lowell
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. — James Russell Lowell
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure — James Russell Lowell
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. — James Russell Lowell
Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has — James Russell Lowell
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath — James Russell Lowell
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. — James Russell Lowell
Freedom is the only law which genius knows. — James Russell Lowell