Quotes by Lowell, James Russell

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. >>

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer >>

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. >>

Quotations about Crime and Criminals

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. >>

Crime expands according to our willingness to put up with it. >>

It is certain that stealing nourishes courage, strength, skill, tact, >>

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Lowell, James Russell