Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

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

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

A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from >>

How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everythin >>

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or >>

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

Lowell, James Russell