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James Russell Lowell Quotes
James Russell Lowell Quotes
James Russell Lowell
American
Poet
Born:
Feb 22
,
1819
Died:
Aug 12
,
1891
Every
Good
Man
Men
Truth
World
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Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
James Russell Lowell
Weak
Rod
Brave
Staff
Fortune
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
James Russell Lowell
Democracy
Mind
Manners
Weapons
Only
Always
Been
Effective
Against
The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.
James Russell Lowell
Man
Think
Make
Him
Surest
Plan
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
James Russell Lowell
People
Long
Run
Long Run
Never
Fail
Known
Been
Reason
Appeal
Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
James Russell Lowell
Blessed
Nothing
Say
Cannot
Persuaded
Who
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.
James Russell Lowell
Truth
Wait
Face
Too
Everybody
Would
Would-Be
Wears
Till
Were
Different
After
Agreed
Tedious
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
James Russell Lowell
Bends
Weakness
Kinds
Which
Breaks
Two
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell
Government
Democracy
Man
Oppressor
Own
Every
Gives
His
Form
Right
Every Man
Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.
James Russell Lowell
Creativity
Out
Finding
Something
Making
After
Found
Thing
What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
James Russell Lowell
Men
Most
Chief
Privilege
Prize
Even
Funeral
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