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

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

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...

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

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.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

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.

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.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.

What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.

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

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

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

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...

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 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...

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

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

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully...

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully...

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...