Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

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

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

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure,...

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure,...

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully...

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

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

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

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...