James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowellwas an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 February 1819
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational life change
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
freedom men democracies-have
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
evil sides conflict
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
greatness destiny men
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
running long people
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
heart anxiety curtains
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
discipline literature shapes
Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.
ocean sea pirate
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.
faith color weather
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.
knives mind democracy
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
thinking progress lessons
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.
war house mind
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
ocean literature morality
In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.
weed flower eye
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.