Posts tagged James Russell Lowell
Posts tagged James Russell Lowell
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning
When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth’s aching breast
Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west
May is a pious fraud of the almanac
A ghastly parody of real Spring
Shaped out of snow and breathed with eastern wind
Folks never understand the folks they hate.
Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this – that you are dreadfully like other people.
Take winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in him: and tolerating none in you, which is a great comfort in the long run.
In creating, the only hard thing’s to begin;
A grass-blade’s no easier to make than an oak.
In creating, the only hard thing’s to begin;
A grass-blade’s no easier to make than an oak.
The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience
The question of commonsense is always “what is it good for?” – a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.
