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

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

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...

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

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

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

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...

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

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

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a...

There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a...

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.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps...

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous...

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous...

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...