Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking. >>

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market. >>

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, an >>

Quotations about Mediocrity

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. >>

Only the mediocre are always at their best. >>

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. >>

It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying thus far shalt thou go and no further.

Lowell, James Russell