James Russell Lowell Quotes about Wisdom

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Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

James Russell Lowell

Wisdom, Blessed

"His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexis in the United States of America during the winter of 1871-72", Riverside Press, 1872.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

James Russell Lowell

Wise, Wisdom, Party

William Makepeace Thackeray, John Henry Newman, Matthew Arnold, John Ruskin, Walter Bagehot (1910). “Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes”

For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

James Russell Lowell

Wisdom

James Russell Lowell (1873). “The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell”, p.386

And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

James Russell Lowell

Wisdom, Strong, Men

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.148