Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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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...

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.

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope,...

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope,...

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only...

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only...

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

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

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

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...

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

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

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

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.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance...

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance...

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...

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...

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...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

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.

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

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

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...

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,...