Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion, emotion precipitated, as
it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion, emotion precipitated, as
it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
Democ'acy gives every man
A right to be his own oppressor.
Democ'acy gives every man
A right to be his own oppressor.
He who esteems the Virginia reel
A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
And regards read more
He who esteems the Virginia reel
A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery
Than crushing His African children with slavery,
Since all who take part in a waltz or cotillon
Are mounted for hell on the devil's own pillion,
Who, as every true orthodox Christian well knows,
Approaches the heart through the door of the toes.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
