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• Before man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- On the Capture of Fugitive Slaves near Washingto...
• Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,-- Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Part Second, viii...
• No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Rousseau and the Sentimentali...
• Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- For an Autograph...
• Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
  -- James Russell Lowell...
• People who hate their work are slaves, no matter how much they make.
• To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
  -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1967)...
• To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
  -- Bertrand Russell...
• It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- An Incident in a Railroad Ca...