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

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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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.

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...