Quotes by James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

Lived from: 1819 - 1891

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Born: 22 february 1819 Died: 12 august 1891

  • Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
  • 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.
  • But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey's end.
  • It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying thus far shalt thou go and no further.
  • There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
  • A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
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  • There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
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  • Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
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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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  • A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
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  • A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
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  • A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
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  • A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
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  • A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
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  • An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
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  • 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.
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  • Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
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  • Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
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  • But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey's end.
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  • Communism means barbarism.
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  • 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.
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  • Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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  • Endurance is the crowning quality...
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  • Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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  • Folks never understand the folks they hate.
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  • Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
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What are the most famous quotes from James Russell Lowell?

The two most famous quotes from James Russell Lowell are:

  • "There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."
  • "Every person born into this world their work is born with them."

When did James Russell Lowell live?

James Russell Lowell was born in 1819 and died in the year 1891.