James Russell Lowell Quote Explained: A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b'lieve 'em too hard.

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Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.

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It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is…

- James Russell Lowell

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Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.

- James Russell Lowell

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They enslave their children’s children who make compromise with sin.

- James Russell Lowell

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Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

- James Russell Lowell

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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.

- James Russell Lowell

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Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

- James Russell Lowell

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Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.

- James Russell Lowell

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A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b’lieve ’em too hard.

A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b’lieve ’em too hard.

Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.

It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is…

Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.

They enslave their children’s children who make compromise with sin.

Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.

Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

I think I’m innocently representing a certain belief in motion pictures, and, well OK.

Politicians are supposed to be empathetic. And, yes, I am, actually.

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

Bachelor’s degrees make pretty good placemats if you get ’em laminated.

A belief in God and a belief in astrology cannot be reconciled.

There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.

A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b’lieve ’em too hard.

A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b’lieve ’em too hard.

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