136 ordspråk av James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions
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A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomach ache.
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A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity
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A sneer is the weapon of the weak
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A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes
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A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic
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All kin' o' smily round the lips, / An' teary round the lashes.
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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run
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An' you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God
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And blessed are the horny hands of toil
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And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days
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Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many
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Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own
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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men
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