All James Russell Lowell Quotes
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
James Russell Lowell
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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
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I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
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Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
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One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
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Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
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Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
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Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.
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No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
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The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.
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