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

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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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...

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

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

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.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

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

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

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

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...

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.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

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.

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...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

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

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

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

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.

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

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

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...