James Russell Lowell Quotes

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

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes