In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking. James Russell Lowell basenessdeepeasy Change image and share on social
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. James Russell Lowell beautycontinuallygod Change image and share on social
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. James Russell Lowell actionbeautifulfelt Change image and share on social
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. James Russell Lowell bendbreakkind Change image and share on social
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. James Russell Lowell foreverscaffoldthrone Change image and share on social
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. James Russell Lowell dealgreatman Change image and share on social
Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly. James Russell Lowell anewbearday Change image and share on social
What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. James Russell Lowell chieffuneralman Change image and share on social
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. James Russell Lowell beginbladecreate Change image and share on social
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment. James Russell Lowell consistexistjudgment Change image and share on social
