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• Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

  James Russell Lowell

  Freedom, Law, Atheism

  James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett Hale (1902). “Early prose writings of James Russell Lowell”

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• A wise man travels to discover himself.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Wise, Travel

  James Russell Lowell (1910). “Literary essays”

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• A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak, And by its weakness overcomes.

  James Russell Lowell

  Mother, Heart, Love Is

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.30

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• True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

  James Russell Lowell

  Memories, Knowledge, Mean

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

  James Russell Lowell

  Philosophical, Destiny, Grieving

  'Democracy and other Addresses' (1887) 'Democracy'

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

  James Russell Lowell

  Funny, Truth, Agreement

  James Russell Lowell (1887). “Democracy, and Other Addresses”

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• The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

  James Russell Lowell

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

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• And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

  James Russell Lowell

  Wisdom, Strong, Men

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.148

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

  James Russell Lowell

  Recovery, New Beginnings, Addiction

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.416

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• Light is the symbol of truth.

  James Russell Lowell

  Light, Literature, Spiritual Healing

  James Russell Lowell (1844). “Poems”

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• A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Weed, Nature

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.307, Delphi Classics

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• True love is but a humble, low born thing,
  And hath its food served up in earthenware;
  It is a thing to walk with, hand in hand,
  Through the every-dayness of this workday world.

  James Russell Lowell

  Life, Humble, Love Is

  James Russell Lowell, “Love”

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• True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!

  James Russell Lowell

  Brother, Heart, Equality

  James Russell Lowell (1857). “Miscellaneous poems. Memorial verses. Sonnets. I-XXVII. L'Envoi. Vision of Sir Launfal”, p.125

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• The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod, Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to God.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Humanity, Church

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.82

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• Tyranny is always weakness

  James Russell Lowell

  Weakness, Tyranny

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.32

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

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Literature, Sincere

  James Russell Lowell (1877). “Among My Books”

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• One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers.

  James Russell Lowell

  Temptation, Philosopher, Metaphysics

  James Russell Lowell (1864). “Fireside Travels”, p.119

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• The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, July, Bees

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• One day with life and heart
  Is more than time enough to find a world.

  James Russell Lowell

  Life, Time, Heart

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.57

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• Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold... 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, Money, Lying

  James Russell Lowell, Nathan Haskell Dole (1893). “The Early Poems of James Russell Lowell: With Biographical Sketch”

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• Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

  James Russell Lowell

  Time, Memories, Son

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.64

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• Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.

  James Russell Lowell

  Truth, Honesty, Heart

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.116

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• The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

  James Russell Lowell

  Love, Broken Heart, Sorrow

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.284, Delphi Classics

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• Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to lie at the bottom of a well, for the very reason, perhaps, that whoever looks down in search of her sees his own image at the bottom, and is persuaded not only that he has seen the goddess, but that she is far better looking than he had imagined.

  James Russell Lowell

  Truth, Lying, Different Faces

  James Russell Lowell (1886). “Democracy, and Other Addresses”

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• Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

  James Russell Lowell

  Evil, Sides, Conflict

  James Russell Lowell, “The Present Crisis”

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