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One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.” — James Russell Lowell, Among my Books – Shakespeare Once More

Author YahooeyPosted on June 9, 2017June 4, 2017Categories QuotationsTags Among my Books - Shakespeare Once More, experience, James Russell Lowell, warningsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

“Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.” — James Russell Lowell, Democracy and Other Addresses

Author YahooeyPosted on February 22, 2017February 9, 2017Categories QuotationsTags Democracy and Other Addresses, James Russell Lowell, worrywartLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

“Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.” — James Russell Lowell, Speech at the banquet for Grand Duke Alexis, (1871-11-11)

Author YahooeyPosted on December 20, 2016December 13, 2016Categories QuotationsTags James Russell Lowell, nothing to say3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.

“The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.” — James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows

Author YahooeyPosted on November 18, 2016November 17, 2016Categories QuotationsTags change opinion, dead, foolish, fools, James Russell Lowell, opinionLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“Not failure, but low aim, is crime.” — James Russell Lowell

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

“Not failure, but low aim, is crime.” — James Russell Lowell, For an Autograph

Author YahooeyPosted on February 22, 2014September 5, 2016Categories QuotationsTags ambition, failure, For an Autograph, James Russell Lowell, low aimLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.

“Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.” — James Russell Lowell, A Few Bits of Roman Mosaic

Author YahooeyPosted on May 15, 2013February 21, 2018Categories QuotationsTags A Few Bits of Roman Mosaic, James Russell Lowell, nostalgia, pastLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.

“It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.” — James Russell Lowell, Abraham Lincoln

Author YahooeyPosted on February 22, 2013October 30, 2018Categories QuotationsTags Abraham Lincoln, calm, emergencies, James Russell Lowell, presence of mind, testLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.

“Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.” — James Russell Lowell, On the Capture of Certain Fugitive Slaves Near Washington

Author YahooeyPosted on January 21, 2013December 11, 2018Categories QuotationsTags citizen, human, James Russell Lowell, nature, On the Capture of Certain Fugitive Slaves Near WashingtonLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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