James Russell Lowell Quotes

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James Russell Lowell

Profession : Poet

Birth : February 22, 1819

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

James Russell Lowell

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

James Russell Lowell

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

James Russell Lowell

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

James Russell Lowell

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

James Russell Lowell

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

James Russell Lowell

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

James Russell Lowell

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

James Russell Lowell