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James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)
US diplomat, essayist, & poet [more author details]

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A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.: James Russell Lowell
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.: James Russell Lowell
Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.: James Russell Lowell
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.: James Russell Lowell
Folks never understand the folks they hate.: James Russell Lowell
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.: James Russell Lowell
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.: James Russell Lowell
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.: James Russell Lowell
There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.: James Russell Lowell
They are slaves who fear to speak, For the fallen and the weak.: James Russell Lowell
Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.: James Russell Lowell
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.: James Russell Lowell
Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.: James Russell Lowell

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