James Russell Lowell Quotes

If youth is a flaw, it is a flaw from which we recover too soon.

Blessed are those who have nothing to say, and who resist the temptation to say it.

Democracy grants each man the right to be the oppressor of himself.

The books are the bees that carry the pollen from one intelligence to another.

In general, those who have nothing to say spend the most time possible not saying anything.

Humans don't know what they possess on Earth. Perhaps it's because the majority hasn't had the opportunity to leave it and return to it.

A thorn of experience is worth more than a forest of warnings.

The most feared misfortunes are usually the ones that never come.

How much confidence is inspired by an old book that time has already critiqued!