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~ James Russell Lowell Quotes ~
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James Russell Lowell Quotes


An American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat.
James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was 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.

Here are some famous quotes by James Russell Lowell. 




Fate loves the fearless.

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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2014, 01:15:32 PM »
God'll send the bill to you.

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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2014, 01:17:01 PM »
Not failure but low aim is a crime.

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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2014, 01:17:42 PM »
Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2014, 01:18:12 PM »
Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected.

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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2014, 01:20:56 PM »
Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.

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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2014, 01:21:24 PM »
Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer fudge.

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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2014, 01:21:53 PM »
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.

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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2014, 01:22:26 PM »
Fortune is the rod of the weak and the staff of the brave.

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« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2014, 01:23:00 PM »
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

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« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2014, 01:23:39 PM »
Truth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne.

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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2014, 01:24:33 PM »
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2014, 01:25:05 PM »
Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

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« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2014, 01:25:38 PM »
The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

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« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2014, 01:26:11 PM »
The time is ripe and rotten-ripe for change; then let it come.