Facts about James Russell Lowell

Occup.Poet
FromUSA
BornFebruary 22, 1819
DiedAugust 12, 1891
Aged72 years

Summary

James Russell Lowell was a famous Poet from USA, who lived between February 22, 1819 and August 12, 1891. He/she became 72 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 55 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topic Government.

Related authors: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (Poet), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Poet)

55 Famous quotes by James Russell Lowell

Small: 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"
Small: Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor
"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor"
Small: Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politi
"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"
Small: Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle
"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle"
Small: Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for
"Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side"
Small: Not failure, but low aim, is crime
"Not failure, but low aim, is crime"
Small: Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne
"Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne"
Small: Whos not sat tense before his own hearts curtain
"Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain"
Small: Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by i
"Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances"
Small: What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral
"What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral"
Small: What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us
"What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us"
Small: Usually when people are sad, they dont do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they g
"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change"
Small: Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all wer
"Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed"
Small: The heart forgets its sorrow and ache
"The heart forgets its sorrow and ache"
Small: The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it
"The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it"
Small: The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions
"The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions"
Small: The eye is the notebook of the poet
"The eye is the notebook of the poet"
Small: Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whe
"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not"
Small: Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character
"Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character"
Small: Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very founda
"Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character"
Small: Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light
"Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit"
Small: Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and tru
"Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls"
Small: One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning
"One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning"
Small: Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return
"Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return"
Small: In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking
"In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking"
Small: In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blades 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"
Small: If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon
"If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon"
Small: I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the b
"I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife"
Small: He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesso
"He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft"
Small: Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crim
"Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime"
Small: Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of
"Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty"
Small: Freedom is the only law which genius knows
"Freedom is the only law which genius knows"
Small: 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"
Small: Folks never understand the folks they hate
"Folks never understand the folks they hate"
Small: Fate loves the fearless
"Fate loves the fearless"
Small: Every person born into this world their work is born with them
"Every person born into this world their work is born with them"
Small: Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single l
"Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor
"Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor"
Small: Children are Gods 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"
Small: Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind
"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind"
Small: Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it
"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it"
Small: As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headston
"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"
Small: 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"
Small: An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run
"An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions
"A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions"
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