Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870.
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870.