Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy. James Russell Lowell More Quotes by James Russell Lowell More Quotes From James Russell Lowell Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light a crime. James Russell Lowell crimetraditionlight Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on. James Russell Lowell tyrantsslaveignorance Humbleness is always grace; always dignity James Russell Lowell dignityhumilitygrace Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusiasm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Establish it firmly in power, and it becomes conservatism, whether it will or no. James Russell Lowell powerfulnameslong Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw. James Russell Lowell tinyfireflyair The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go. James Russell Lowell meadowspulsefirefly The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman. James Russell Lowell foolsafecommon This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. James Russell Lowell glorywaiting Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then James Russell Lowell afarskirtspraise A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak, And by its weakness overcomes. James Russell Lowell motherheartlove-is For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions. James Russell Lowell inventionintentionmotivation The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever. James Russell Lowell work-outdestinymen The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. James Russell Lowell momentsdesirelong He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery Than crushing His African children with slavery, Since all who take part in a waltz or cotillon Are mounted for hell on the devil's own pillion, Who, as every true orthodox Christian well knows, Approaches the heart through the door of the toes. James Russell Lowell crushspiritualchristian Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave. James Russell Lowell virtueendspath Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes, - they were souls that stood alone, While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious stone, Stood serene, and down the future saw the golden beam incline To the side of perfect justice, mastered by their faith divine, By one man's plain truth to manhood and to God's supreme design. James Russell Lowell heroperfectmen Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. James Russell Lowell blightknowing-who-you-aremen O visionary world, condition strange, Where naught abiding is but only change. James Russell Lowell abidingvisionarieschange A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by. Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me, For Christ's sweet sake and charity. James Russell Lowell charitysweetworld It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood. James Russell Lowell sunnymoodlasts
