Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor. >>

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary exp >>

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as i >>

Quotations about Solitude

Solitude is un-American. >>

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object h >>

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use some >>

Solitude is as needed to the imagination as society is wholesome to the character.

Lowell, James Russell