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

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

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.

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...

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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...

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

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

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell...

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell...

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,...

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

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,...

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.

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

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...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way