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A wise man travels to discover himself.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.
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Here come the hum the golden bees Underneath full blossomed trees, At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned.
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The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.
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Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold.
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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
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What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love's sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels' eyes, and rings well upon God's touchstone.
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Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
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The pale and quiet moon Makes her calm forehead bare, And the last fragments of the storm, Like shattered rigging from a fight at sea, Silent and few, are drifting over me.
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But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men.
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Endurance is the crowning quality.
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I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.
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