Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell
One thorn of experience is worth a whole…
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell
Solitude is as needful to the imaginatio…
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell
There is no good in arguing with the ine…
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell
They talk about their Pilgrim blood, The…
They talk about their Pilgrim blood, Their birthright high and holy A mountain-stream that ends in mud Methinks is melancholy.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell
We live in oppressive times. We have, as…
We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder ‘censorship,’ we call it ‘concern for commercial viability.’
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell
Wealth may be an ancient thing, for it m…
Wealth may be an ancient thing, for it means power, it means leisure, it means liberty.
Quote, saying and phrase by: James Russell Lowell