James Russell Lowell Quote

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

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

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell

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.

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell