James Russell Lowell Quotes

American - Poet | February 22, 1819 - August 12, 1891

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us.

James Russell Lowell

LifeRestGeniusPlacePrivilegeUs

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

James Russell Lowell

MindDemocracyMannersAlwaysBeen

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

James Russell Lowell

ManThinkPlanHimMakeSurest

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

James Russell Lowell

PeopleLongRunNeverReasonFail

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

James Russell Lowell

TruthWaitFaceDifferentWould

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

James Russell Lowell

HateUnderstandNeverFolks

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

James Russell Lowell

WeaknessTwoKindsBreaksWhich

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

James Russell Lowell

WorkWorldBornPersonEveryThem

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

James Russell Lowell

YouthOnlyOutgrowSoonDefectToo

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

James Russell Lowell

WomenMenMen And WomenAgreeLeast

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

James Russell Lowell

DayWorldBornHimWhoTakes

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

James Russell Lowell

FreedomLawGeniusOnlyKnowsWhich

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