Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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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...

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

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

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.

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about...

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

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

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

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.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

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.

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

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,...

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

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

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

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

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

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 heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of...

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of...