If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Topics: Youth Quotes

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power...

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

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.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew...

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew...

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

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.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them...

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Light is the symbol of truth.