James Russell Lowell Quotes about Fate

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Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.

Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.

James Russell Lowell

Success, Fate, Wish

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.426

Fate loves the fearless.

James Russell Lowell

Fate, Thinking, Stay Positive

James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.684, Delphi Classics

Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.

James Russell Lowell

Sweet, Fate, Love Is

John Keats, James Russell Lowell (1854). “The Poetical Works of John Keats: With a Life”, p.17

The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate.

James Russell Lowell

Passion, Fate, Soul

James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.794, Delphi Classics

Life seems a jest of Fate's contriving.

James Russell Lowell

Life, Fate, Conniving

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.430

The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by the few; Nothing to court in Church, or World, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great.

James Russell Lowell

Fate, Simple, Men

In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained; Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?"

James Russell Lowell

Life, Time, Fate

James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton (1904). “The poetical works”