A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
Quotations by James Russell Lowell

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• He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing. James Russell Lowell
• One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. James Russell Lowell
• Not failure, but low aim, is crime. James Russell Lowell
• Freedom is the only law which genius knows. James Russell Lowell
• The eye is the notebook of the poet. James Russell Lowell
• I don’t believe in principle, but I do in interest. James Russell Lowell
• Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it. James Russell Lowell
• Sorrow is the great idealizer. James Russell Lowell
• The idol is the measure of the worshipper. James Russell Lowell
• Light is the symbol of truth. James Russell Lowell