Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while read more
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
