Quotes by James Russell Lowell

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.
Lowell, James Russell

That best academy, a mother's knee.
Lowell, James Russell

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us!
Lowell, James Russell

There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.
Lowell, James Russell

All God's angels come to us disguised.
Lowell, James Russell

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.
Lowell, James Russell

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: That you are dreadfully like other people.
Lowell, James Russell