Memorable Quotes and quotations from James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell


James Russell Lowell -
- Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

James Russell Lowell -
- Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

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

James Russell Lowell -
- A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

James Russell Lowell -
- Folks never understand the folks they hate.

James Russell Lowell -
- Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

James Russell Lowell -
- They are slaves who fear to speak,
For the fallen and the weak.

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

James Russell Lowell -
- All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.