James Russell Lowell ( 10 of 106 )
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
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No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hand of toil!
Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.
Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
He seemed a cherub who had lost his way
And wandered hither, so his stay
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He seemed a cherub who had lost his way
And wandered hither, so his stay
With us was short, and 'twas most meet,
That he should be no delver in earth's clod,
Nor need to pause and cleanse his feet
To stand before his God:
O blest word--Evermore!
In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
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.
