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110 Quotes for 'James Russell Lowell' in the Database.
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James Russell Lowell Quotes
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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
Topic: Universe
Source: None
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Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward;
Rains fall, suns rise and set;
Earth whirls, and all but to prosper
A poor little violet.
Topic: Violets
Source: The Changeling
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Violet! sweet violet!
Thine eyes are full of tears;
Are they wet
Even yet
With the thought of other years?
Topic: Violets
Source: Song
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Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Topic: Virtue
Source: None
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An angel stood and met my gaze,
Through the low doorway of my tent;
The tent is struck, the vision stays;
I only know she came and went.
Topic: Visions
Source: She Came and Went
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The purely Great
Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere,
Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate.
Topic: Washington, George
Source: Under the old Elm
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Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage,
Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!
Topic: Washington, George
Source: Under the old Elm
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There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
Topic: Weakness
Source: None
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The rich man's sons inherits cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst his bubble shares,
And soft, white hands could hardly earn
A living that would serve his turn.
Topic: Wealth
Source: The Heritage
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No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hand of toil!
Topic: Work
Source: A Glance Behind the Curtain (l. 202)
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