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Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!
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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What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.
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Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.
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Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has it.
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In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, I find thee worthy do this deed for me?
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The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.
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True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!
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The ultimate result of protecting fools from their folly is to fill the planet full of fools.
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The future works out great men's destinies The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever.
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My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow: Don't never prophesy - onless ye know.
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I don't believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest.
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I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.
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