Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the r >>

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint. >>

Solitude is as needed to the imagination as society is wholesome to th >>

Quotations about Sentiment

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. >>

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an em >>

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it wer >>

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.

Lowell, James Russell