They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak. James Russell Lowell More Quotes by James Russell Lowell More Quotes From James Russell Lowell I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. James Russell Lowell knivesdemocracymind He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. James Russell Lowell progressliteraturethinking The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. James Russell Lowell mindhousewar The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. James Russell Lowell changeinspirationallife Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how. James Russell Lowell griefliteraturejoy Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. James Russell Lowell best-of-luckgood-luckcharacter Every person born into this world their work is born with them. James Russell Lowell bornliteratureworld Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls. James Russell Lowell soulbeautymen Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. James Russell Lowell nightlifedeath 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 conflictevilsides A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. James Russell Lowell destinygreatnessmen In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking. James Russell Lowell moralityoceanliterature There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. James Russell Lowell destinyweaknesstwo What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticized for us! James Russell Lowell readingtimebook What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. James Russell Lowell funeralpridemen Good heavens, of what un costly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons. James Russell Lowell simplicitynatureflower That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it. James Russell Lowell strengthstrongmen The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. James Russell Lowell honestytruthintegrity A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache. James Russell Lowell applesbirthdaymen May is a pious fraud of the almanac. James Russell Lowell fraudmayspring
