James Russell Lowell Quotes
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If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book, - and that is a book honestly come by.
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Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us;The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in,The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,We bargain for the graves we lie in;At the Devil's booth are all things soldEach ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.
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The Maple puts her corals on in May,While loitering frosts about the lowlands cling,To be in tune with what the robins sing.
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From the summit of power men no longer turn their eyes upward, but begin to look about them. Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many.
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The clear, sweet singer with the crown of snowNot whiter than the thoughts that housed below.
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We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.
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Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame;Ev'y thin' thet's done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.
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I don't believe in princerple,But oh I du in interest.
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The one thet fust gits mad 's 'most ollers wrong.
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No, never say nothin' without you're compelled tu,An' then don't say nothin' thet you can be held tu.
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Folks never understand the folks they hate.
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In life's small things be resolute and greatTo keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when FateThy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee,'I find thee worthy; do this deed for me'?
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Ef you want peace, the thing you've gut tu duIs jes' to show you're up to fightin', tu.
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The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.
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It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled.
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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accurst.
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Ef you take a sword an’ dror it,An’ go stick a feller thru,Guv’mint ain’t to answer for it,God’ll send the bill to you.
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Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, - One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
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Our papers don't purtend to print on'y wut Guv'ment choose,An' thet insures us all to git the very best o' noose.