There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Topics: Genius Quotes, Work Quotes

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

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

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

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.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

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...

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...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

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

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

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

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.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is...

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is...

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

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

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,...

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...

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

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.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

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...

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...