James Russell Lowell Quotes about Desire

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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

James Russell Lowell

Education, Knowledge, Desire

Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!

James Russell Lowell

Regret, Hands, Desire

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.88

No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed.

James Russell Lowell

Enemy, Desire, Needs

James Russell Lowell (1844). “Poems”