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4 James Russell Lowell Quotes on Character

James Russell Lowell quotes on character

  1. His words were simple words enough, And yet he used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low.

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  2. It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.

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  3. The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many-honored by the Few; To count as naught in World or Church or State; But inwardly in secret to be great.

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  4. Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

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