James Russell Lowell

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

“Even as the roots, shut in the darksome earth,Share in the tree top's joyance, and conceiveOf sunshine and wide air and winged things,By sympathy of nature, so do I”

“He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.”

“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”

“A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.”

“No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”

“It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled.”

“Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.”

“There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.”

“Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.”

“The surest plan to make a ManIs, think him so.”

“The nurse of full-grown souls is solitude.”

“A wise man travels to discover himself.”

“Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.”

“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.”

“Not what we give,But what we share,For the giftwithout the giverIs bare.”

“The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.”

“There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.”

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

“Kesombongan dan kelemahan adalah kembar siam.”

“Marilah kita bergembira.Ingatlah bahwa kemalangan yang paling sulit ditanggung adalah yang tidak pernah menimpa kita.”

“Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.”

“By the light of burning martyrs, Christ, thy bleeding feet we trackToiling up new Calv'ries ever with the cross that turns not backNew occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouthWe must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth”

“AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days;Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays;Whether we look, or whether we listen,We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;”

“En general, quienes no tienen nada que decir invierten el mayor tiempo posible en no decir nada.”

“Fate loves the fearless.”

“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.”

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

“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”

“Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.”

“A sneer is the weapon of the weak.”