Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

Not failure, but low aim, is crime. >>

It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in >>

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in >>

Quotations about Compromise

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile -- hoping it will eat him las >>

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. >>

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of >>

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise ;in statesmanship.

Lowell, James Russell