Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

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

The question of common sense is what is it good for? A question which >>

Sorrow is the great idealizer. >>

Quotations about Truth

Truth does not contradict truth. >>

Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth. >>

There's no one thing that is true. They're all true. >>

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he who keeps back truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal.

Lowell, James Russell