546 Quotes by James Russell Lowell

There should be some to watch and keep alive all beautiful beliefs...

There never yet was flower fair in vain.

A wise man travels to discover himself.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.