James Russell Lowell
"Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected."
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"The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for" - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage."
James Russell Lowell
"Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough."
James Russell Lowell
"Ez for war I call it murder - There you hev it plain and flat I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment for that."
James Russell Lowell
"In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when she'll say to thee "I find thee worthy do this deed for me?"
James Russell Lowell
"Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light."
James Russell Lowell
"Take a winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in him: and tolerating none in you which is a great comfort in the long run."
James Russell Lowell
"May is a pious fraud of the almanac A ghastly parody of real Spring Shaped out of snow and breathed with eastern wind."
James Russell Lowell
"In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it."
James Russell Lowell
"Though old the thought and oft exprest 'tis his at last who says it best."
James Russell Lowell
"Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character."
James Russell Lowell
"They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three."
James Russell Lowell
"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."
James Russell Lowell
"Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people."
James Russell Lowell
"No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself"
James Russell Lowell
"I who still pray at morning and at eve Thrice in my life perhaps have truly prayed Thrice stirred below conscious self Have felt that perfect disenthrallment which is God."
James Russell Lowell
"A ginooine statesman should be on his guard if he must hev beliefs not to b'lieve 'em too hard."
James Russell Lowell
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