James Russell Lowell Quotes about Weakness

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Tyranny is always weakness

James Russell Lowell

Weakness, Tyranny

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.32

Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

James Russell Lowell

Pride, Weakness, Twins

James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.201

Pride of origin, whether high or low, springs from the same principle in human nature; one is but the positive, the other the negative, pole of a single weakness.

James Russell Lowell

Spring, Pride, Weakness

James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.1818, Delphi Classics