546 Quotes by James Russell Lowell

Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light a crime.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

The realm of death seems an enemy's country to most men, on whose shores they are loathly driven by stress of weather; to the wise man it is the desired port where he moors his bark gladly, as in some quiet haven of the Fortunate Isles; it is the golden west into which his sun sinks, and, sinking, casts back a glory upon the leaden cloud-tack which had darkly besieged his day.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

While tenderness of feeling and susceptibility to generous emotions are accidents of temperament, goodness is an achievement of the will and a quality of the life.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.