“It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.”
Source: Books and Libraries: Democracy, and Other Papers
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Famous James Russell Lowell Quotes
“He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.”
Source: Conversations on Some of the Old Poets
“To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“Beauty hath no true glass, except it be in the sweet privacy of loving eyes.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.”
“Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.”
Source: Among my Books, etc
“Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“All thoughts that mold the age begin deep down within the primitive soul.”
“It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.”
Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes
“All thoughtful men are solitary and original in themselves.”
“Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.”
“If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train.”
“Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.”
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“Endurance is the crowning quality.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell: Complete in Two Volumes
“Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
Source: The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell: Among my books
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: Among my Books, etc
“No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free.”
Source: Poetical works
“Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.”
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
Source: Essays, English and American
Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes
“A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know.”
Source: Letters
“Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity.”
Source: Poetical works
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Source: My Study Windows
Source: Poems
“And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell